Public Prosecutor Says Doorman Falsely Cited Bolsonaro's Name in Marielle Case

[Judi Lynn]

Prosecution says reasons behind concierge report will be investigated
Oct.31.2019 1:02PM

Ana Luiza Albuquerque
Italo Nogueira
RIO DE JANEIRO
The Rio de Janeiro Public Prosecutor said on Wednesday (30) that a doorman gave false information when quoting President Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) in a testimony given during the investigation of the death of Councilwoman Marielle Franco (PSOL) and her driver, Anderson Gomes

Prosecutor Simone Sibilio initially said that the employee of the condominium where Bolsonaro has a home in Rio lied. She later said that the information he provided "is not compatible with the technical evidence."

"Why the porter gave a statement will be investigated. If he lied, made a mistake or forgot," Sibilio said.

Globo's Jornal Nacional television show reported on Tuesday that a doorman (whose name was not revealed) testified that Élcio Queiroz, a former military police officer suspected of involvement in the crime, told him on the day of the murder he was going to Bolsonaro's house, then a federal deputy.



(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 21, 2018 This handout photo released on March 16, 2018 by Rio de Janeiro's Municipal Chamber shows Brazilian councilwoman from the left-wing party PSOL Marielle Franco, leading a session at the Municipal Chamber in Rio de Janeiro. - - - - From Brazil, murdered political activist Marielle Franco made the list jointly with tribal chief Raoni Metuktire, who campaigns against the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, and rights defender Claudelice Silva dos Santos. (Photo by Renan OLAZ / Rio de Janeiro Municipal Chamber / AFP) - AFP

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On Tuesday, Bolsonaro to made an aggressive and angry social media broadcast with attacks on Globo and Rio Gov. Wilson Witzel (PSC).

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https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2019/10/public-prosecutor-says-doorman-falsely-cited-bolsonaros-name-in-marielle-case.shtml

(In this episode, Bolsonaro has attacked a very pro-Bolsonaro paper which reported information which connects someone in Bolsonaro's household with one of the suspected assassins, one of these guys:




Arrest of Murder Suspects in Rio Spotlights Bolsonaro Family
By Bruce Douglas
March 12, 2019, 2:27 PM CDT Updated on March 12, 2019, 4:18 PM CDT
Two men arrested on Tuesday for killing of Marielle Franco
Black, leftwing lawmaker Franco was assassinated one year ago

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and his sons were in the spotlight on Tuesday over their ties with two suspected killers, reviving a sense of unease over his administration.

The day started with a police raid on the gated community in Rio de Janeiro where the president lives. One of his neighbors, a former police officer, was arrested for the murder of Marielle Franco. The assassination of Franco, a black legislator and human rights activist, shocked and divided Brazil in the run-up to last year’s violent and bitterly contested elections.

The police officer in charge of the investigation, Giniton Lages, said on Tuesday that the fact the alleged killer lived near the president was "not significant at this time". But in response to a journalist’s question he acknowledged that one of the president’s sons had dated the suspect’s daughter.

In a separate raid in another part of the city, police arrested a second man for the killing of Franco. Brazilian media, including Folha de S. Paulo, subsequently published a photo of this suspect, Elcio Queiroz, in a friendly embrace with the president. They attributed the image to Queiroz’s Facebook account.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-12/photo-of-brazil-president-with-murder-suspect-in-media-spotlight

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Former police officers in Rio charged with politician’s murder
City council member Marielle Franco was shot four times in 2018
Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 19:01
Tom Hennigan in São Paulo



Two former police officers in Rio de Janeiro were charged on Tuesday with the killing of city council member Marielle Franco and her driver a year ago this week.

Retired police officer Ronnie Lessa (48) and Élcio Vieira de Queiroz (46), who was expelled from the force in 2015, were detained on Tuesday morning after being charged with the murders by investigators.

A highly articulate politician who was gay, black and from one of Rio’s shantytowns, Ms Franco was shot four times in the head from a car which pulled alongside the one she was travelling in. Three bullets hit her driver Anderson Gomes, who also died. An assistant to Ms Franco survived the attack.

Mr Lessa, accused of being the gunman, was arrested in the gated community in the west of Rio where Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro also lives. Mr Queiroz is named as his driver.

Shortly after the arrests were announced a photo circulated on social media which showed Mr Queiroz alongside Mr Bolsonaro just days before the first round of the presidential election, six months after the killings. He had been expelled from the force for working security at a clandestine casino in the city.

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https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/former-police-officers-in-rio-charged-with-politician-s-murder-1.3823439

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Elcio Vieira de Queiroz and Ronnie Lessa, former police officers suspected of participating in the murder of Councilwoman Marielle Franco - 14/03/2019 (Bruna Prado / AP - Alexandre Brum / Agência O Dia / Estadão Content)

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Computer translation from Portuguese:

Ronnie Lessa is head of the area militia that hid Queiroz
September 16, 2019adminAll posts,Latest News



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Military Police Reserve Sergeant Ronnie Lessa, accused of killing Councilwoman Marielle Franco and driver Anderson Gomes, is a militia chief in the west of Rio de Janeiro, owned a clandestine bingo in Barra da Tijuca and planned before being arrested, expand its water distribution business to areas dominated by Rio's drug traffickers.


The information is contained in a report by the Security and Intelligence Coordination of MP-RJ (Rio de Janeiro State Public Prosecutor), which served as the basis for the request accepted by the Rio Justice to transfer Lessa to the federal penitentiary system.

Lessa was arrested on March 12, along with former PM Elcio Vieira de Queiroz, who was accused of driving the used car in the bombing.

At the house of a friend of the retired sergeant, civilian police made the biggest arrest of rifles in the history of Rio de Janeiro.

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Head of Militia
Rio's police intelligence system officials appoint Lessa as one of the chiefs of the paramilitary group active in the communities of Rio das Pedras and Gardênia Azul, both in the west of the capital.

"The group led by Ronnie would have ties with misdemeanors who exploit slot machines, as well as other organizations, such as militias and extermination groups," reads the MP-RJ report.

The document cites at least four active military police officers who would be part of the accused's group of murdering Marielle.

“The criminal organization of which Ronnie Lessa is a part is made up of individuals who have been committing various crimes for years… including willful crimes against life.”

Rio das Pedras is a militia-dominated community whose armed wing is known as the Crime Office: a group of hired killers whose main clients are the game mafia.

Water sale
Ronnie Lessa, according to investigations, also has water gallon distribution businesses, one of the militia's favorite branches of activity. His partner in this venture would be another active duty military police officer.

"One of the businesses kept would be the sale of water, a seemingly legal trade that demonstrates the militia acting in imposing the business against the concept of free competition," says the report of MP-RJ.

Lessa and her partner were planning to expand water distribution depots to areas dominated by drug trafficking, such as the Lins and Mandela Complex in northern Rio, as well as the central Lapa region.

A source linked to the Marielle Case investigation told UOL that Lessa also intended to bring her distribution business to the Cidade de Deus community, a territory dominated by the Comando Vermelho faction that “borders” on militant regions.

When arrested, Lessa boasted a standard of living above her official income of $ 7,000 as reserve sergeant. He lived in a condominium in Barra da Tijuca, whose homes are valued at least $ 3 million. President Jair Bolsonaro has his residence in Rio in the same condominium.

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https://blogdacidadania.com.br/2019/09/ronnie-lessa-e-chefe-da-milicia-em-area-que-escondeu-queiroz/