PF investigates appointment of Rivaldo Barbosa to head Rio Police on the eve of Marielle’s death

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The appointment was contraindicated by the intelligence department in 2018, but supported by Braga Netto, then intervening in Rio’s security. Barbosa and the Brazão brothers were arrested this Sunday as alleged masterminds of the crime. Rivaldo Barbosa, then head of the Civil Police in a meeting with the family of Marielle Franco Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil/Arquivo The Federal Police will investigate the circumstances surrounding the appointment of delegate Rivaldo Barbosa to head the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro, in March 2018 Barbosa took office the day before the deaths of councilor Marielle Franco (PSOL-RJ) and driver Anderson Gomes. This Sunday (24), Barbosa and two others were arrested as alleged perpetrators of the crime. Barbosa’s appointment was contraindicated by the agency’s Undersecretary of Intelligence, but supported by the then state security intervener, General Walter Braga Netto, according to investigators interviewed by the blog. According to whistleblowers, Rivaldo assured the brothers Domingos and Francisco Brazão, also arrested as alleged masterminds, that investigations into the crime would not proceed. Duty Globo: Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão are arrested on suspicion of having Marielle killed The federal intervention in Rio’s security, in 2018, was commanded by General Walter Souza Braga Netto. It cost R$1.2 billion. From the following year onwards, under Jair Bolsonaro’s government, Braga Netto was Minister of Defense, Minister of the Civil House and, finally, candidate for Bolsonaro’s vice-president in 2022. Investigators are still working to define the motivation for the crime. From what is already known, the reason has to do with the territorial expansion of the militia in Rio.

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