Deputy Prosecutor Luiz Lima accused the Brazão brothers of being part of a criminal organization, having ties to the militia operating in Rio das Pedras, Rio de Janeiro.
“The institute brings history back to life. […] The whole world wants to know who and why Marielle was killed,” Marinete da Silva, the councilwoman’s mother and founding adviser of the Marielle Franco Institute, told Agência Brasil.
Probes have led to the arrest of two perpetrators, both military police officers. The motives and the mastermind behind the killings remain unknown. Rio prosecutors vowed not to reach “a hasty conclusion.”
Judge Schietti, of the Superior Court of Justice, did not accept the request, having considered that the decision to send the case to jury was fully justified.
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