Marielle Franco, a suspect in ordering the murder of Brazilian municipal councilor, demands that the police prove her involvement in the crime.

Former regional deputy of Rio de Janeiro and current councilor of the Rio Court of Auditors in the same Brazilian state, Domingos Brazão, one of the suspects in the murder of Rio councilor Mariel Franco on March 14, 2018 in the city, has challenged police and prosecutors to prove that they have some connection with a crime that had international implications at the time.

Brazao’s name, already mentioned many years ago, returned to the headlines this week following news of an alleged agreement to cooperate with the justice system signed by Ronnie Lessa, a former police officer arrested for being the author of the shots that killed Mariel and his driver. that day Anderson Gomez on a dark street in Estacio, central Rio.

“I challenge anyone to find anything against me. There is nothing stronger than the truth. This blow (the alleged charge in which Ronnie Lessa accuses him of being the mastermind of the murders) was below the belt line, this is something that wears But I was already investigated (many years ago) by the Civil Police (judicial), Federal Police and Department of Justice and they found nothing. Why would they protect Domingos Brazan? What public servant would put his career at risk to protect me?” the consultant said.

Domingos Brazão anticipated the defense of Lessa’s possible prosecution, which, in fact, had not yet been formalized, since the alleged agreement to cooperate with the justice system in exchange for benefits had not yet been assessed by the competent authority, the Superior Court of Justice, STJ.

The fact that the proposed agreement was under STJ’s jurisdiction brought the former MP’s name back into the headlines. Among the names of potential suspects involved in the deaths of Mariel and Anderson, the only one who has the prerogative of the court is Brazao, since STJ only tries state governors, judges of the Court and advisers of the Court of Auditors in the case of Brazao, for which a possible indictment of Ronnie Lessa against him, if it will be confirmed, it will become a smoke screen protecting the real mastermind from brutal murders.

“Lessa must be trying to protect someone. The police must find out who. I was never introduced to Mariel, or Anderson, or Lessa and Elcio Queiroz (another former police officer who has already admitted to going to the place where Lessa shot). shots), I’ve never been with them. I don’t even associate my name with the police.” – said Domingos Brazao, referring to the fact that since the beginning of the heated investigation into the deaths, responsibility has been assigned to the militias that control large areas of the western zone of Rio de Janeiro.

The militias, following information published in the headlines of Brazilian newspapers, were once again singled out as Ronnie Lessa allegedly held them responsible for the death of Mariel, which, according to the leaked information, would be contrary to the interests of this paramilitary group, having serious consequences in Police and politics.

According to news reports, Marielle Franco, a militant leftist activist elected as the council member with the fifth-largest vote in Rio de Janeiro, has encouraged popular movements to invade and occupy a large plot of land in the western zone of the city, where the militia that controls the area intends to build a giant secret condominium and earn millions by selling apartments.