Pimenta, following new messages in the Marielle case, said: 'We've been waiting for 5 years. May the truth come to everyone's attention.'
The head of the Secom (Special Secretariat for Social Communication) referred to Major Ailton Barros after the military officer exchanged messages with an aide to Bolsonaro and stated that he knows who ordered the killing of Marielle Franco.
247 - The head of the Secretariat of Communication of the Presidency of the Republic (Secom), Paulo Pimenta, warned this Wednesday (3) about the importance of discovering who ordered the assassination of the former city councilor of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Marielle Franco (PSOL). The human rights activist was killed by organized crime in March 2018. "For 5 years we have been waiting for this answer. May the truth finally come to the knowledge of all!", wrote the head of Secom on Twitter.
Pimenta cited retired Army Major Ailton Barros, arrested this Wednesday (3) in Federal Police (PF) operation which is investigating possible fraud in Jair Bolsonaro's Covid-19 vaccination record.
Barros exchanged messages with Mauro Cid, former aide to the former head of government. In one section of the documents, the two spoke on November 30, 2022. Ailton talks about a problem and then refers to a "boy" who was allegedly being used as "scapegoat".
Ailton wrote: "I know all about Marielle's story, brother, I know who ordered it. I know the whole damn thing. You understand? You're in trouble in this mess."
Councilwoman Marielle Franco was assassinated in March 2018 by organized crime. Gunmen fired shots in a location without cameras in the central region of Rio de Janeiro and, before the crime, pursued the car in which the councilwoman was traveling for about three to four kilometers.
Marielle 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 former police officers were arrested. Ronnie Lessa, who, according to investigations, fired the shots, was arrested. The other detainee was Élcio Vieira de Queiroz, 46, who, according to investigations, was driving the car at the time of the crime.
Lessa lived in the same condominium as Bolsonaro in Rio. Queiroz also appeared in a photo featuring the former occupant of the Planalto Palace, whose face was cropped out of the image.
In February, the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, announced The partnership between the Federal Police and the Public Prosecutor's Office of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ) to uncover more information about the murder.