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Judi Lynn

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Wed Sep 18, 2019, 09:47 PM Sep 2019

Brazil's Attorney General Launches Marielle Franco Investigation on Last Day in Office

Raquel Dodge told the Superior Court (STJ) that five people are suspected of interfering with investigations into the murder

Sep.18.2019 2:05PM

Fábio Fabrini
BRASÍLIA
On her last day in office, Attorney General Raquel Dodge requested a federal investigation into the murder of Councilwoman Marielle Franco (PSOL) and her driver, Anderson Gomes. She told the Superior Court (STJ) that five people are suspected of interfering with investigations into the murder. The goal, she said, was to prevent the identification of the real perpetrators of the crime.

Domingos Inácio Brazão, a now-removed board member of Rio de Janeiro Auditors Court, is among the accused.



Raquel Dodge, in Brasília (DF). (Foto: Pedro Ladeira/Folhapress) - Folhapress

Dodge requested an investigation find out if he was the mastermind of the double homicide.

More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2019/09/brazils-attorney-general-launches-marielle-franco-investigation-on-last-day-in-office.shtml





Google translated:

Dodge has denounced the ECA adviser for obstruction of investigations and PF sees him as' prime suspect in Marielle case
Now News Brazil September 18, 2019

Domingos Inácio Brazão paved his political trajectory in the suburbs and west of Rio. It was in some of the poorest and most remote neighborhoods of the center that the now-removed counselor of the State Court of Auditors got the votes that gave him his first term as councilman. , in 1996. In April 2015, he was elected Board Member of the ECA - a post for life with guarantees similar to those that protect judges - with 61 votes.

Controversial, he admitted to killing a man in 1987. The lawsuit was stopped, he went to court in 2000 (after becoming a state deputy). In 2002, the Special Court rejected the conviction. "Justice has given me reason," he said in Alerj.

More:
https://www.agoranoticiasbrasil.com.br/dodge-denunciou-o-conselheiro-do-tce-por-obstrucao-nas-investigacoes-e-a-pf-o-ve-como-principal-suspeito-no-caso-marielle/

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Brazil's Attorney General Launches Marielle Franco Investigation on Last Day in Office (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2019 OP
Whoa....even a Telenovella couldn't possibly come up with a plot like this. It makes US politics... Pachamama Sep 2019 #1

Pachamama

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1. Whoa....even a Telenovella couldn't possibly come up with a plot like this. It makes US politics...
Wed Sep 18, 2019, 09:52 PM
Sep 2019

...look tame....

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