Former Fire Department Sergeant Maxwell Correa is said to have been involved before, during, and after the murders. He should also be transferred to a maximum-security federal prison outside the state as he poses a “risk to investigations.”
Notifications went from 50,448 in 2020 to 47,503 last year, the lowest since 2011. Included are murders and robberies followed by death, plus killings resulting from police interventions and fatal injuries.
The two men arrested Tuesday (Mar. 12), suspected of executing Rio city councilor Marielle Franco, of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL), and her driver Anderson Gomes, are being heard by the police right now at the homicide division of the police in Rio de Janeiro.
Agents from the Homicide Division of Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police on Thursday (Dec. 13) are serving the first arrest and detention warrants against the suspects of involvement in the killing of Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes.
Brazil’s Public Security Minister Raul Jungmann said he is convinced powerful individuals are involved in the killings of Rio de Janeiro City Councilor Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes, which took place on March 14 this year.