Cristiano Santos Hermogenes, brother of Marcio Nepomuceno dos Santos, convicted of leading the Comando Vermelho, was appointed president of the municipal directory in Belford Roxo, a municipality in Baixada Fluminense, and removed from office eight days later.
The appointment was made on January 26th. Cristiano was dismissed this Tuesday (3). The appointment information was published by the Metrópoles website.
To interlocutors, the state president of the PSDB, federal deputy Luciano Vieira, stated that he did not know about the family relationship between Cristiano and Marcinho and that he decided to leave after learning about it. The mandate would run until the end of the year.
Cristiano was not found by the report. Deputy Luciano Vieira was contacted through the press office, which did not respond to contacts.
Cristiano’s appointment generated friction in the PSDB of Rio de Janeiro, with Luciano Vieira being the target of criticism from the wing that lost space in the party after his arrival.
“All moral and institutional recovery of the party is being lost, culminating in this shocking news of his choice,” said Sávio Neves, former state president of the party.
Luciano joined the party in October, at an event that brought together governor Cláudio Castro (PL), mayor Eduardo Paes (PSD), to whom he is close, and other leaders of Rio politics. The choice for the state presidency of the party was one of the last acts of the former governor of Goiás as national president, a position currently held by the deputy (MG).
Aécio was contacted by the press office, but did not respond.
Cristiano Santos, 44, was elected councilor by the PTB in 2016 in São João de Meriti, the city where Marcinho’s family is from.
He ran for state deputy in 2018, for PHS, and in 2022 for PL, the party of which he was also municipal president, he was no longer elected.
He is the uncle of , an artist who has been considered a fugitive since Tuesday (3), when the STJ (Superior Court of Justice) after alleged violations of the electronic ankle bracelet.
Cristiano was arrested in 2006, on suspicion of money laundering and association with drug trafficking in the Penha and Alemão complexes, assisting Marcinho VP. He has also been the target of investigations into the sale of clandestine gas and clashes with military personnel during operations.
In Belford Roxo, Marcinho VP’s brother works on the political basis of mayor Marcio Canella (União Brasil), one of those proposed as a pre-candidate for the Government of Rio. It was inspired by Canella’s local project that governor Cláudio Castro (PL) created a program in communities in the state.
Canella has secretaries on the team who are involved with the militia.
