Brazil police serve warrants in case of slain councilwoman
105 views · Published 19 December 2018 · 2:47 · Indexed 21 September 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(13 Dec 2018) Brazilian police said on Thursday that they have served several arrest, search and seizure warrants in connection with the murder of a councilwoman nine months ago. The operation launched on Thursday, according Rio de Janeiro's police chief Rivaldo Barbosa. He declined to provide any further details into the ongoing investigation because the case is under seal. Marielle Franco and her driver, Anderson Pedro Gomes, were shot to death March 14 while returning from an event focused on empowering young black women. A former advisor to Franco, Renata Souza, said she would not be satisfied until there was "complete responsibility" for who ordered the killings. Public Security Minister Raul Jungmann told reporters in April that the killings were "very probably the work of Rio de Janeiro's militias." He was referring to armed groups who vie with criminal gangs for control of Rio's poor communities and have been accused of summary executions. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/92ac885c0e6454d598e4b8798fb8e350
