Jair Bolsonaro pictured with second accused in Marielle Franco murder case
Photos of Brazil’s president with a suspect in the killing of a Rio councillor have emerged – seven months after a similar incident
Sam Cowie in São Paulo
@samcowie84
Thu 3 Oct 2019 15.05 EDT
Brazilian opposition figures and human rights observers are seething after a photo emerged of the country’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, grinning and giving the thumbs up alongside a man arrested in connection with the murder of the Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco.
It was the second time the president has been photographed alongside a suspect in Brazil’s most high-profile political murder in a decade.
In March, a photo of Bolsonaro with Élcio Vieira de Queiroz, a former policeman accused of driving the car used in Franco’s killing, circulated on social media.
Queiroz’s arrest appeared to support suspicion that Franco had been targeted by the paramilitary gangs known as “militias” that control large swaths of Rio and are usually made up of or commanded by active or retired police officers.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/03/jair-bolsonaro-photo-marielle-franco-murder-accused
