The First Panel of the (Supreme Federal Court) the councilor (). Former deputy Chiquinho Brazão, his brother Domingos Brazão, advisor to the TCE-RJ (Rio de Janeiro State Court of Auditors), and are identified as those responsible for planning the councilor’s death. Imprisoned since March 2024, they deny participation in the crime.
According to the accusations of the (Attorney General’s Office), Domingos and Chiquinho ordered the murder of the councilor to prevent her from continuing to harm the family’s interests through land grabbing practices. Rivaldo would have been consulted before the crime and hindered the investigations while he was in charge of the Civil Police.
The defendants question , which supports part of the accusation; they say the former military police officer, who . Lessa’s complaint was closed with the PF (Federal Police) and approved by , the case’s rapporteur, shortly before the conclusion of the investigations.
This Tuesday’s Café da Manhã (24) deals with the trial of those accused of having Marielle Franco and . (PSOL), widow of Marielle Franco, talks about expectations for the result in the STF. Journalist and writer Chico Otavio recalls the main moments of the investigation and analyzes what should weigh in the evaluation of the Supreme Court ministers. He is co-author, with Vera Araújo, of the book “” (Ed. Intrínseca).
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Café da Manhã is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Gabriela Mayer and Gustavo Simon, produced by Daniel Castro, Gustavo Luiz and Laura Lewer. Sound editing is by Thomé Granemann.
