Pre-candidate for mayor of Guarujá Thiago Rodrigues is shot dead

Journalist Thiago Rodrigues, 34 years old, pre-candidate for mayor of Guarujá (SP), was shot dead on Wednesday night (27). Rodrigues was participating in a get-together when the crime happened. According to the Public Security Secretariat, the Military Police were called after the neighborhood heard the sound of gunshots. The case was registered at the Guarujá police station and forwarded to the 2nd DP, which will investigate the facts.

Military police officers who responded to the call found, near the victim’s body, two cell phones, empty 9mm ammunition cases and the car used by Rodrigues, according to the police. Brazil Agency. He was participating in the party when he was called to go to the street and a cyclist who was passing by the place allegedly fired shots.

Rodrigues was a member of the Rede Sustentabilidade party. In a statement, the party’s state directory said that the possibility that the journalist was killed due to political disputes cannot be ruled out.

“We understand that, even with the investigations in the initial phase, intentions of political interest in this crime cannot be ruled out, given that Thiago had a history of journalistic denunciations against corruption practices in his municipality and had recently announced his intention to run for mayor of the Guarujá in the next elections”, said Rede.

The party stated that it contacted the São Paulo government to ask for speed in the investigation. “Confident in the meticulous work of the security forces in São Paulo, Rede Sustentabilidade demands the utmost rigor in the investigation of this execution, reinforced by our state deputy Marina Helou, who has already officiated through the competent channels of the state government, requesting that the case be speeded up. ask”, says the note.

On August 2, Rodrigues stated on Facebook that he was making his name available to run for mayor of the municipality. “I was threatened with death several times, I had to leave the country for a few months, move house, buy an armored car, because the PF said they couldn’t protect me,” he said in the same post.