Former military police officer states in a statement to the PF that the idea was abandoned because it would be difficult to carry out an attack against the then state deputy
Former military police officer Ronnie Lessa said in his statement to Federal police that those who ordered the murder of the councilor Marielle Franco (Psol-RJ) considered ordering the death of the then state deputy Marcelo Freixo (Psol-RJ). According to him, the idea was abandoned because an attack on the politician would be difficult to carry out.
“At a certain point, in 2017, if I’m not mistaken, he came up with a matter related to Marcelo Freixo. […] In the middle of 20 security guards, I don’t think I’m going to provoke anyone there, we’re provoking Marcelo Freixo. I got it out of his head. Then he accepted, he didn’t charge more”, declared Lessa. Excerpts from the plea were shown on Sunday (May 26, 2024) on the program Fantasticfrom the TV Globo.
It is not clear who Lessa was referring to. The former police officer says he was hired by the federal deputy Chiquinho Brazão (União Brasil-RJ) and his brother, Domingos Brazão, who is an advisor to the TCE-RJ (Rio de Janeiro Court of Auditors) to murder Marielle. Both are arrested.
O Fantastic states that the Federal Police confirmed that Lessa did research on the internet about Psol politicians at the time, including Freixo.
Upon learning of excerpts from the plea, Freixo defined Lessa as a “psycho”. He accused the former military police officer of killing more people besides Marielle. Today, the former deputy is president of Embratur (Brazilian Agency for International Tourism Promotion).
“Lessa is a psychopath. He is a person who has no respect for life. Respect for no one. He’s a real psychopath. But how many people did he kill before Marielle? There were hundreds. Everyone knows this in Rio de Janeiro”declared Freixo.
Marielle and driver Anderson Gomes were killed on the night of March 14, 2018. The councilor had left a meeting at the institute Black Housein the center of Rio. The car in which the councilor was traveling was accompanied by criminals to the Estácio neighborhood, which connects with the north zone.
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