Mariel was killed for interfering with police affairs

Mariel’s influence on the local leaders of the western zone of Rio, long dominated by the Brazão family, prevented the expansion of the group’s illegal business and led to the loss of millionaires, so Domingos, an adviser to the Court of Auditors, and Chiquinho, now a Federal Deputy and at that time also an adviser, decided eliminate it, Rodriguez said.

The last straw was the opposition of a young leftist councilor to a project presented by Chiquinho to legalize the vast territories illegally occupied by his group and on which they intended to build condominiums that would earn them millions, while Mariel intended to give the territory to the poor. families. Domingos and Chiquinho will then hire former police officer Ronnie Lessa, who has been in prison since 2019 as Mariel’s confessed killer. It was his recent joint testimony after five years in prison that clarified the circumstances of the death of Mariel and the driver Anderson Gomez and led to the arrest of the perpetrators.