Brazil’s Prosecutor’s Office has requested the conviction of brothers Brazão, accused of masterminding the 2018 assassination of councilwoman Marielle Franco, supporting the version of confessed murderer, Ronnie Lessa. The Brazilian Prosecutor’s Office requested on February, 25 the conviction of brothers Domingos and Chiquinho Brazão, identified as the masterminds behind the assassination of councilwoman Marielle Franco, […]

Suspects orchestrated this political assassination linked to militia-controlled real estate schemes. On Tuesday, the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court will begin trying five defendants accused of planning the murder of Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco, a member of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL). RELATED: Brazilian Court Orders Compensation for Marielle Franco’s Widow Among […]

Brazil´s judiciary has ordered the confessed killers of councilwoman Marielle Franco to compensate her widow, Mônica Benicio, nearly eight years after the assassination that shocked the southern nation. On Tuesday, February 11, the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice ruled that Ronnie Lessa and Elcio Vieira de Queiroz, convicted in October 2024 for the femicide […]

They are involved with the paramilitary mafias that operate in Rio de Janeiro’s poor neighborhoods. On Tuesday, the Brazilian Supreme Court accepted the charges against a legislator, an official, and a former police chief who are accused of ordering the assassination of Marielle Franco in 2018. RELATED: Marielle Franco’s Killer Confesses Details of the Murder […]

Former military officer Ronnie Lessa, accused of murdering Brazilian councillor Marielle Franco and driver Anderson Gomes, confessed that he carried out the murder in exchange for leading a new militia in Rio de Janeiro. RELATED:   Brazilians Ask for Impeachment of Porto Alegre Mayor In a video published by Fantástico de la TV Globo, Lessa […]