Working group should talk to local authorities; PT supporter was killed in argument with bolsonarista
The working group created by the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) against political violence in the 2022 election is following the case involving the murder of a supporter of the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (EN) in Mato Grosso. The information was confirmed by the court’s advisor to the Power 360 on Friday night (September 9, 2022).
The expectation is that the TSE working group will talk to local authorities to obtain detailed information about the case.
On July 21, the then president of the TSE, minister Edson Fachin, created the group. The objective is to develop guidelines to discipline the actions of the Electoral Justice on the subject. Here’s the intact of the ordinance (142 KB).
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A political argument that evolved into a physical fight between a supporter of the president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and a defender of Lula ended with the murder of the Lula on the night of Wednesday (7.Sep.2022) to Thursday (8.Sep) in a rural area in the northern region of Mato Grosso.
According to the Civil Police, the victim, rural worker Benedito Cardoso dos Santos, 44, defended former President Lula in an argument with Rafael Silva de Oliveira, 24. There was an exchange of punches.
Benedito then took out a knife. He was then surrendered by Rafael. Also according to the police, Bolsonaro’s supporter used the victim’s knife to stab her several times.
Benedict fell to the ground. Rafael then took more blows to the eye, neck and forehead. Afterwards, he took an ax and struck another blow at Benedito, in the neck region, with the intention of decapitating him.
The suspect is in custody and has confessed to the crime. The episode took place in a remote location, the farm Agrovila, which belongs to the Comfresaa city of 31,510 inhabitants and 1,160 km from the capital of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá.
Only what is narrated in the case report is known. behold The intact of the document (1 MB).
According to the Civil Police, the man was arrested in the act after confessing to the crime and the arrest was converted into preventive custody in a custody hearing on Thursday (8.set). Here’s the intact (43 KB) of the court decision for preventive detention.
According to delegate Victor Oliveira, responsible for the investigation, the reason for the disagreement that resulted in death was the “divergent political opinion” between the victim and the suspect.
Here is the delegate’s report (2min21s):
To Power 360Matheus Roos, defense attorney appointed by Justice for Rafael, confirmed the client’s confession, but said that “the motivation was not exclusively political”. According to him, the information about the case so far is “superficial”without elaborating or giving details.
The suspect has already passed the custody hearing and will remain in custody. The Civil Police charged Rafael with double qualified homicide for futile and cruel means. Investigations into the case continue.
According to the court decision that converted the arrest in flagrante delicto into preventive, signed by Judge Carlos Eduardo Pinho Bezerra de Menezes, Rafael was previously arrested in flagrante delicto suspected of embezzlement and forgery of documents. He is also liable for larceny. The cases have not yet been tried.
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