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It's been 353 days since Marielle and Anderson, her driver, were assassinated. We still have no answers as to who ordered the killing -- but mounting evidence proves that the Bolsonaros are closely involved with the two paramilitaries wanted for her murder.
Flavio (one of his sons, also an elected politician) employed in his cabinet, until recently, the mother and wife of one of the paramilitaries suspected of Marielle's murder, Adriano Nóbrega. Nóbrega is an ex member of BOPE, a special operations unit in the military police +
responsible for countless extrajudicial killings. You might have heard of it through Elite Squad movies. Nóbrega got expelled from the police for his involvement with the gambling mafia -- a feat really, considering how corrupt the BOPE is. But wait, there's more! Flávio also +
organized and hosted an official tribute to Nóbrega and another policeman, Ronald Paulo Alves Pereira, in the Rio Legislative House in 2005. Pereira is considered the head of the militia in Itanhangá, the place where the vehicle used in the murder @mariellefranco left from. +
Three months before the tribute, both men had participated in the murder of five youngsters in one of the poorest regions of Rio. Let that sink in: an elected official, son of the president, has connections to the paramilitary mafia going back 10+ years. +
Nóbrega and Pereira are thought to be the heads of the "Crime Office" (yeah, great name), the extermination squad suspected of Marielle's murder; they have also been implicated directly in the murder itself. Their rap sheets are longer than Great Wall of China, including +
loan sharking, multiple murders, extortion, and corruption. Oh, and Nóbrega's mother, the one employed by Flávio? She also owns a restaurant located in front of a bank where 17 deposits of money from unexplained sources were made into Flávio's bank account. Additionally, Jair +
in his 27-year career as a Congress nutjob defended death squads and paramilitaries numerous times, on record. But don't worry! Flávio did the same, too. In 2007 he voted against starting an investigation into paramilitary groups, saying that "paramilitaries aren't that bad and+
people who live in areas dominated by them are very happy". The investigation was prompted by the paramilitaries' abduction and torture of a group of journalists from a major newspaper. Also, Jair was the only politician not to comment on Marielle's murder, and Flávio voted+
against Marielle receiving a posthumous award for her work. So recap: Marielle was executed by paramilitaries. Specifically, paramilitaries to which the Bolsonaros have proven connections going back 10+ years. They employ people connected to these known gangsters. They even +
use public money to host official tributes to these murderers. When questioned, they say they're being persecuted by the bad press.
Who killed Marielle Franco?
Who killed Marielle Franco?
