Unanimously, STF maintains arrest of suspects in Marielle’s death

From Agência Brasil

Unanimously, the First Panel of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) decided this Monday (25) to maintain the arrest of the three suspects of planning the crime and ordering the murder of councilwoman Marielle Franco and driver Anderson Gomes. The murders occurred in 2018.

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Ministers Cármen Lúcia, Cristiano Zanin, Flávio Dino and Luiz Fux followed the vote of minister Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the case at the Supreme Court and who ordered the preventive detention of the three on Sunday (24).

The arrest order was analyzed virtually, in a 24-hour trial session that began in the early hours of this Monday (25).

In the decision, Moraes wrote that there was “strong evidence of materiality and authorship” of the planning of the murder by the three prisoners, in addition to maneuvers to cover up the authorship of the crime and hinder the investigations.

In addition to the rapporteur, the only one to present a written vote was Dino. He wrote that preventive arrests are justified in the face of a “criminal ecosystem” that would have been set up within the Public Power to cover up the authorship of the crime.

The ministers followed the opinion of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), according to which if the three “remain free, they will continue to obstruct the work of the Judiciary Police, taking advantage of the economic power they have and their contacts with illicit networks. existing in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro”.