Condenan a los asesinos de Marielle Franco, Rio de Janeiro councilor and activist, 78 years 59-year-old prisión

Los Expolicías Ronnie Lessa and Élcio Queiroz, asesinos confesos de la concejala de Río de Janeiro Marielle Franco y de su conductor Anderson Gomesfueron condenados este jueves a 78 años y nueve meses, or 59 años y ocho meses de prisión, respectively.

A jury found the defendants guilty of the double murder in 2018, which rocked Brazilian politics, after which a judge handed down prison terms.

In addition, the killers were ordered to pay a pension to Gomez's son until he turns 24 and to pay 706,000 reais (about $120,000) in moral damages to each of the victims.

“La Justicia sometimes es lenta, ciega, torpe, pero llega hasta para los acusados ​​​​que creen que jamás serán alcanzados,” said the judge.

However, cooperation agreements have been signed with Fiscalía. In over 18 mode y el resto, en régimen abierto o semiabierto. There are special programs for accordion air conditioners only.

Lessa's testimonio de juicio secuchó el testimonio, queen dijo haber recibodi el encargo de matar a la concejala because it was an obstacle to the sale of land belonging to militias and paramilitary groups that control areas outside the city of Rio de Janeiro.

In addition, Lessa, who has been in prison since 2019, asked the victims' family members for forgiveness “sincerely and regretfully” and said he hoped to “reduce” the suffering caused by the murder with his statement.

Sin embargo, fiscal Eduardo Martins bu arrepentimiento y dijo que los asesinos er unos “sociópatas” que habian confesado solo cuando estaban “corralados” por las pruebas y que lo erefossepero que lo erefossepero.

Otra parte, el expolicía confirmed water intention no era asesinar a GomesThe conductor of the car in which Franco was driving and the pistol he used defended that it was not “enough”.

The Fiscalía also rejected this explanation, noting that Gómez took the same amount of four bullets as the councilman and tried to prevent the killers from being identified later by the driver.

Lessa, federal deputy José 'Chiquinho' Brazao, his brother Domingos Brazao and former Rio Civil Police Chief Rivaldo Barbosa, who are still to be tried by the Supreme Court, are accused of being the masterminds of the assassination. .

Franco, leftist fighter Partido Socialismo y Libertad (PSOL), was killed by gunfire on March 14, 2018, after taking part in a political action in downtown Rio.

Mujer, negra, lesbiana y nacida en una favela, Franco was noted for being an energetic defender of the human rights of those most in need and for his fight against the mafia groups that dominated the city's poor communities.