Brazil Convicts Masterminds of Marielle Franco’s Murder

Key Points — Brazil’s Supreme Court unanimously convicted brothers Domingos and Chiquinho Brazão of ordering the 2018 assassination of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver, sentencing each to 76 years in prison. — The court found the killing was driven by Franco’s opposition to militia-controlled land grabs in Rio’s west zone, and […]