Anielle Franco: I hope Brazil finds out who ordered Marielle's murder.
Anielle Franco, Minister of Racial Equality starting in January, also criticized the government of Jair Bolsonaro.
247 - Appointed by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) to be Minister of Racial EqualityAnielle Franco, 37, highlighted this Thursday (22) the importance of finding out who ordered the killing of her sister, former city councilor of Rio de Janeiro Marielle Franco (PSOL), murdered by organized crime in March 2018.
"I hope so. We have this hope of finding out who ordered Marielle's murder," Anielle said at a press conference.
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The sister of the former parliamentarian also criticized Jair Bolsonaro (PL). "A government that didn't like women, black people, and the poor. Four terrible years."
Councilwoman Marielle Franco was murdered in March 2018 in the central region of Rio de Janeiro. The shooters fired in a location without cameras and, before the crime, had pursued the car she was in for about three or four kilometers.
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The former parliamentarian was a human rights activist and her term in the Rio de Janeiro City Council was marked by denunciations of police violence in the favelas, as well as criticism of the actions of militias.
Two people were arrested in connection with the murder. One was Ronnie Lessa, who, according to the investigation, fired the shots that killed the former councilwoman. The other was Élcio Vieira de Queiroz, 46, who, according to the investigation, was driving the car at the time of the crime.
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The two accused of the crime had close ties to Jair Bolsonaro (PL). Lessa lived in the same condominium as the current occupant of the Planalto Palace in the municipality of Rio. Queiroz He appeared in a photo with Bolsonaro., whose face was cropped out of the image.
Lessa also stated that Marielle's murder was allegedly orchestrated by former captain Adriano da Nóbrega, head of Escritório do Crime, a group of professional hitmen in Rio. Nóbrega died during a confrontation with police in Bahia in February 2020. The policeman's mother and ex-wife worked for the office of Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) when the current senator held a seat in the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly (Alerj).
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