2023-10-06 17:08:00
Three doctors were murdered in the early hours of this Thursday (5th) at a drinks stand on the beach in the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, in the western area of Rio de Janeiro. A fourth doctor was injured in the leg.
Two of the deceased were from São Paulo and the third was from Bahia. The victims were Marcos de Andrade Corsato, 62, Diego Ralf de Souza Bomfim, 35, and Perseu Ribeiro Almeida, 33. All of them were orthopedists and were in the city to participate in an international surgery congress.
One of the victims, Bomfim, was the brother of federal deputy Sâmia Bomfim (SP) and also the brother-in-law of Glauber Braga (RJ), who is married to Sâmia. Both parliamentarians are from PSOL, the party of councilor Marielle Franco, who was shot dead in Rio in 2018.
Security camera footage shows that the four doctors were sitting at a table at the drinks stand when three men, dressed in black, got out of a white car and started shooting.
After shooting the diners, the criminals ran back to the vehicle and left without stealing anything. The criminals’ actions lasted 27 seconds.
Investigators say the possibility of a cold-blooded murder gained strength, as the criminals can be seen in the footage returning to the establishment to fire off more shots, a practice known as “confirmation,” in which the killer fires more shots. to ensure the death of his target.
It is suspected that Perseu Almeida was confused with Taillon de Alcantara Pereira Barbosa, 26, accused by the state Public Ministry of belonging to a paramilitary group from Rio das Pedras.
The paramilitary was arrested in November 2020 and sentenced to 8 years and 5 months in prison. In March, he was placed under house arrest and, ten days ago, he was released on parole. The investigation that led to his arrest stems from Operation Intocáveis, which targeted former military police Adriano da Nóbrega, linked to the family of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
The police’s suspicion of the confusion of the murderers is due to the physical similarity between Taillon and Perseu: shaved hair, with initial signs of baldness, beard and glasses.
Translated by AZAHARA MARTÍN ORTEGA
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