JK died as a result of an indirect attack, suspects OAB-MG (Brazilian Bar Association of Minas Gerais).
The organization will forward documents to the Truth Commission launched last week. These documents show that the official version of Juscelino Kubitschek's death, that it was a car accident, contradicts facts such as the ammunition supposedly used in the assassination of JK's driver, which is compatible with weapons exclusive to the Armed Forces.
Minas 247 - New facts are expected to call into question the official version of the death of former President Juscelino Kubitschek, who died in 1976. The Human Rights Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association, Minas Gerais section (OAB-MG), is awaiting testimony this Friday from JK's personal secretary and friend, Serafim Jardim, who is said to have new information for the investigation. In 1996, after 20 years, Jardim managed to have the case reinvestigated. He continues to believe that the official version, which claims that the former president died in a car accident on the Via Dutra highway, is a complete fabrication.
According to lawyer William Santos, president of the Human Rights Commission of the OAB-MG (Brazilian Bar Association of Minas Gerais), the evidence strongly suggests that JK (Juscelino Kubitschek) was, in reality, the victim of an "indirect attack." The assassins allegedly killed the driver of the Minas Gerais politician's Opala, Geraldo Ribeiro, who then lost control of the car and crashed into a truck in the opposite lane.
According to Santos, one of the new findings, which still requires further investigation, is that the ammunition used to kill JK's driver would be compatible with weapons used exclusively by the Armed Forces. "Several forensic analyses, although not officially recognized, indicate this," says the president of the Human Rights Commission of the Minas Gerais Bar Association. A report concluded after the exhumation by the Belo Horizonte Forensic Institute of Geraldo Ribeiro's body revealed a metal fragment in the driver's skull. At the time, the Civil Police ruled out that the fragment could be a projectile.
According to the OAB-MG (Brazilian Bar Association of Minas Gerais), the search for Josias Nunes de Oliveira may be successful in the coming days. Josias was driving a Viação Cometa bus that allegedly caused Geraldo Ribeiro to lose control of JK's Opala. "There are rumors, although not yet fully confirmed, that Josias was completely abandoned by friends and family, and is still alive today, but in a precarious situation since being identified as the main person responsible for the accident that killed JK," states lawyer William Santos.
All the material is being collected by the Human Rights Commission and also by the Truth Commission created by the OAB-MG (Brazilian Bar Association of Minas Gerais). The new documents will be forwarded to the national Truth Commission, created last week by President Dilma Rousseff. “It’s a story that has been very poorly told until now. It’s time we knew the truth,” concludes Santos.