This Thursday (25), the bicheiro José Caruzzo Escafura, known as Piruinha, should begin to be tried, for the murder of businessman Natalino José do Nascimento Espíndola, in 2021. The trial was scheduled for April 9, but ended up being postponed .
Piruinha, 94 years old, is on trial for qualified homicide. His daughter Monalliza Neves Escafura and military police officer Jeckeson Lima Pereira are also accused of participating in the crime.
Investigations showed that Natalino José was executed by Jeckeson, in an ambush, at the behest of Piruinha and her daughter, because the Escafura family had suffered millions in losses from the victim’s venture.
According to investigations, the two had tried to recover the lost money, without success, and that is why they determined Natalino’s death. According to the Court of Justice, Piruinha’s family has been involved in the exploitation of gambling in the north of the city for decades.
Piruinha was preventively arrested for the murder in May 2022, but since December of that year, he has been under house arrest, after being hospitalized for a fractured femur.
With information from Agência Brasil
