On March 14, 2018, Rio de Janeiro city councilor Marielle Franco was assassinated in an attack that also claimed the life of her driver, Anderson Gomes. A rising star in left-wing Brazilian politics, Marielle regularly spoke out against police violence and corruption in her city.
Five years on, the case remains full of unanswered questions.
Two men have been arrested as the alleged trigger man and getaway driver, but we still don’t know who ordered the assassination. Now, under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, it seems the government wants to solve the case once and for all.
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