05/27/2024 – 7:26
Former military police officer Ronnie Lessa stated that the brothers Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão placed Marielle Franco as a “stone in the way” of the militiamen’s expansion and business. In a statement approved by the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Lessa confessed to being the murderer of Marielle Franco and named the Brazão brothers as those behind the murder. O Fantasticfrom TV Globo, aired excerpts of the plea on Sunday, the 26th.
Ronnie Lessa has been in prison since March 2019, accused of killing councilor Marielle Franco and driver Anderson Gomes. The plea was approved by the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Alexandre de Moraes. In his statement, Lessa stated that the person behind the murder was seeking the regularization of a condominium in the Jacarepaguá region, in the west zone of Rio, without respecting the criteria of an area of social interest. The objective would be to obtain the property title for real estate speculation.
“Marielle was placed like a stumbling block. She would have called some meetings with various community leaders precisely to talk about this issue, so that there would be no joining of new militia subdivisions. So, that’s what Domingos Brazão told us, quickly: Marielle is going to get in the way and we’re going to follow that, for that she has to get out of the way”, stated the former military police officer.
In the video, Ronnie Lessa also said that he would be one of the owners of the project which, according to him, could yield R$100 million. “There would be the operation of gatonet, kombis, gas sales. The valuable issue is then the maintenance of the militia, because the maintenance of the militia will bring votes. So, in fact, I wasn’t hired to kill Marielle, like a hired killer, no. I was called to a society.”
Ronnie Lessa also said that he had three meetings with Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão to plan the murder of Marielle Franco. The Federal Police were unable to confirm the meetings, which would have taken place in 2018.
Chiquinho Brazão is a federal deputy for the state of Rio de Janeiro, and Domingos Brazão is an advisor to the Court of Auditors of the State of Rio de Janeiro (TCE-RJ). They were arrested in March this year as part of the Federal Police’s Operation Murder Inc. On May 10th, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) filed a complaint against the Brazão brothers for the crimes of homicide and criminal organization. “Domingos talks more, and Chiquinho agrees”, explained the former military police officer.
On May 16, Attorney General Paulo Gonet sent an addendum to the complaint about the murder to the STF. In the petition, the head of the Public Ministry asks the Court to define a compensation amount for the family members of Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes.
See who has been reported
– Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão: identified as masterminds of the crime and denounced by a criminal organization, for the murder of Marielle Franco and driver Anderson Gomes and for the attempted murder of advisor Fernanda Chaves;
– Rivaldo Barbosa: accused of using his position to obstruct investigations, the Civil Police chief was charged with murder and attempted murder;
– Ronald Paulo de Alves Pereira: the military police officer helped monitor the councilor before the execution and was also charged with murder and attempted murder;
– Robson Calixto da Fonseca: criminal organization.
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