Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão Jailed for Marielle Franco Murder

The Brazilian Supreme Court sentenced Chiquinho Brazão and Domingos Brazão to over 76 years in prison for the 2018 assassination of Marielle Franco.Former police chief Rivaldo Barbosa received 18 years for obstructing the investigation, while Ronald Paulo Alves and Robson Calixto Fonseca also faced lengthy sentences.Justice Alexandre de Moraes noted the murder targeted the councilwoman because her human rights activism against illegal land grabbing threatened militia-linked interests.The case concludes years of investigation into the political and economic motives behind the killing of Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes.