03/06/2024 – 21:38
The former head of the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa denied this Monday (3) any type of relationship with the Brazão brothers. The statements were made in a statement given to the Federal Police (PF). Rivaldo is imprisoned in the federal penitentiary in Brasília due to investigations into the murder of councilor Marielle Franco.
In the statement given via videoconference to the case investigators and obtained by Brazil AgencyRivaldo Barbosa stated that he had no relationship with the Brazão brothers and denied that he had been asked to interfere in the investigations into the murder of Marielle and her driver Anderson Gomes.
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“He never had any personal, professional, political, religious or leisure relationship with Chiquinho Brazão and Domingos Brazão. Third parties did not mediate any contact between them and the declarant. The brothers and/or third parties did not ask him to interfere in the investigations”, says an excerpt from the document.
Regarding contacts with the councilor, Rivaldo told the PF that he met Marielle through former deputy Marcelo Freixo, to whom she was an advisor. According to him, Freixo attended the homicide police station with Marielle due to his work on the human rights commission of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj).
According to Rivaldo, he had a “good relationship” with Marielle and that contacts with her were restricted to these situations. “Such contacts were not frequent, but the declarant maintained a good relationship with her, even chatting with her via Whasapp. Contact with Marielle was restricted to these situations,” he stated in the statement.
In addition to the former delegate, they were also arrested, in March of this year, by order of the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Alexandre de Moraes, the counselor of the Court of Auditors of Rio de Janeiro Domingos Brazão and the federal deputy Chiquinho Brazão.
The three have already been reported to the STF by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) for homicide and criminal organization.
Rivaldo Barbosa’s testimony was authorized by Alexandre de Moraes after the delegate made a handwritten request to be heard by the PF. He asked “for the love of God” and “for mercy” to be heard.
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