The two suspects involved in the death of lawyer Rodrigo Marinho Crespo, aged 42, are being investigated by the Civil Police for being part of an extermination group in Rio de Janeiro, whose crimes are committed through hiring. He was murdered last week.
According to investigators, military police officer Leandro Machado da Silva, aged 39, and Eduardo Sobreira Moraes, aged 47, targets of this Monday's operation (4), would have participated in the logistics of the crime by making the cars available and monitoring the victim.
By identifying the license plate of the two white goals used on the day of the crime, the police discovered that one of the cars was cloned and the other had been rented by the military police officer.
According to investigations, the PM, assigned to the 15th BPM (Duque de Caxias), has business with Vinícius Pereira Drumond, who is the heir of Luizinho Drumond, a deceased criminal in Rio. The police do not confirm whether Vinícius is involved in the crime, but he is investigated.
With the car provided by the PM, Eduardo Sobreira would have watched the victim for four days, including the day of the murder. According to the police, Sobreira monitored the steps from the lawyer's house to his office, in the center of Rio.
Rodrigo Marinho Crespo, 42 years old, was killed on February 26, almost in front of his law office. The crime was committed on the sidewalk of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) in Rio, a few meters from the Rio de Janeiro Public Ministry and the state's Public Defender's Office. The lawyer suffered 21 puncture wounds, most of them in the face.
“These are characteristics that reveal the signature of a certain criminal group that has already been investigated by the Homicide Police, whose crimes are highly complex to elucidate. But in this case it was different and we made great and rapid progress in the investigation of this crime”, said delegate Felipe Curi, director of the Homicide and Personal Protection Department.
The motivation for the crime is still unknown, but the investigation rules out any relationship with the defender's job.
“Some motivations appear on the horizon, but we can’t say for sure right now. In principle, it is not directly linked to the legal activity. This was important to define soon”, said Marcus Amim, Secretary of Civil Police.
In a statement, PM informed that Leandro Machado da Silva was already away from the streets, as he responds to another investigation for participation in a criminal organization, having been preventively arrested in April 2021.
“The Internal Affairs Department had already initiated an Administrative Disciplinary Procedure in relation to the police officer, which could culminate in his exclusion from the ranks, says the PM.
In addition to the temporary arrest warrants against the two suspects, the Civil Police took to the streets this Monday to execute five search and seizure warrants against those being investigated.
Source: CNN Brasil
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