Caption: “City councilmember arrested is accused of using the Batman symbol in areas that pay for ’security’ (Photo: TV Globo archives).” Source: G1/Globo (Brazil)
According to the investigator in the case, there were 17 persons involved in the massacre. Of these, 10 have been identified, among which are three military police, two state judicial police, and a fireman.
Beltrame afirma que chacina em favela na Zona Oeste foi comandada por ex-PM: The Rio de Janeiro state public safety secretary tells a state assembly commission looking into militias that a massacre of 7 persons in the Barbante shantytown was commanded by police who disguised themselves as members of the drug trade in order to press upon the community the need to pay protection to their militia — in order to keep the community safe from the drug trade.
Or so the cops say.
No shit. There being no actual menace ready to hand, they decided they should get into costume and present the audience with a phantom menace in order to stimulate fear, uncertainty, doubt and demand for their services. What school of postmodern viral marketing did they learn that little gambit in, I wonder?
The report is from G1/Globo today.
Em cerca de duas horas de depoimento à CPI das Milícias, na Assembléia Legislativa do Rio (Alerj), o secretário de Segurança do estado, José Mariano Beltrame, confirmou que a chacina que matou sete pessoas na favela do Barbante, em Campo Grande, na Zona Oeste, foi comandada por um ex-policial militar.
In nearly two hours of testimony to the CPI of the Militias … Beltrame confirmed that the massacre of 7 persons in Barbante, in Campo Grande, Western Zone, was commanded by a former military policeman.
“Com certeza essa ação foi obra do Luciano. Tanto ele quanto mais da metade do grupo responsável por esse assassinato estúpido já foram identificados e em pouco tempo teremos o mandado de prisão expedido”, disse Beltrame, se referindo ao ex-PM Luciano Guinâncio, filho do vereador Jerônimo Guimarães, o Jerominho, preso desde o ano passado, suspeito de comandar a milícia na região.
“This act was without a doubt the work of Luciano. He and more than half the group responsible for this idiotic slaying have now been identified and in short order will have warrants issued for their arrest,” said Beltrame, referring to former PM Luciano Guinâncio, the son of city councilman Jerônimo “Jerominho” Guimarães, himself jailed since last year on suspicion of leading the militia in the region.
This is one of two brothers who used the Batman symbol in their campaign literature in 2006 — a symbol also used by militias in the region — and called their organization “The Justice League,” after the Marvel comic stable of superheroes.
Segundo o secretário, o policiamento foi reforçado no local. “Mas nossa ação tem que ser estratégica, não podemos chegar lá agora com gosto de sangue na boca. Tem que haver planejamento porque estamos lidando com tiranos armados. Nosso maior objetivo é juntar provas para dar velocidade nas investigações”, ponderou.
According to the state secretary of public safety, policing has been reinforced in the area. “But our actions have to be more strategic. We cannot just go in their with the taste of blood in our mouths. There has to be planning, because we are dealing with armed tyrants. Our overall objective is to gather evidence so that investigations can be concluded as quickly as possible,” he said.
Também esteve na reunião na Alerj o delegado Marcus Neves, da 35ª DP (Campo Grande), que investiga o caso. De acordo com ele, foram 17 as pessoas envolvidas na chacina. Desses, dez já foram identificados, sendo três policiais miiltares, dois policiais civis e um bombeiro.
Also at the commission hering was precinct commander Marcus Neves of the 35th DP (Campo Grande), who is investigating the matter. According to him, there were 17 persons involved in the massacre. Of these, 10 have been identified, among which are three military police, two state judicial police, and a fireman.
“Vim aqui hoje porque fui convocado pelo deputado Marcelo Freixo para passar as informações sobre os assassinatos na Favela do Barbante, que foram completamente aleatórios. Nenhuma das vítimas tinha qualquer ligação com a milícia. O objetivos dos milicianos, que se passaram por traficantes, era assustar os moradores para conseguir prestígio frente à população.”
“I came here at the invitation of state deputy Freixo to pass along information about the killings in Barbante, which were completely random. None of the victims had any ties to militias. The objective of the militiamen, who passed themselves off as drug traffickers, was to frighten residents and gain prestige in the eyes of the population.
Segundo Neves, há ainda possibilidades de a candidata a vereadora Carminha Jerominho (PTdoB), também filha de Jerominho, ter participado das ações da milícia em Campo Grande.
Neves said it is also possible that the candidate for city council Carminha Jerominha (PTdoB), Jerominho’s daugher, might have participated in militia activities in Campo Grande.
Ao jornal “O Globo”, a candidata disse que tanto ela quanto a sua família estão sofrendo perseguição política.
The candidate told O Globo that her family is suffering political persecution.
Claiming political persecution when accused of being the Mono Mancuso of Copacabana Beach could well be a symptom of what the Sousaphone calls “the banana-republican guilty plea” — filibustering shrilly while changing the subject.
Para o presidente da CPI, Marcelo Freixo (PSOL), o principal objetivo da comissão é identificar os braços políticos das milícias. “Há vereadores eleitos e também candidatos do Rio de Janeiro investigados. Os nomes mais importantes serão convocados para depor em 15 dias. É muito importante enfraquecer politicamente esses grupos”, disse.
The president of the CPI, Freixo of PSOL, said the overall objective of the commission is to identify the political wings of the militia groups. “There are elected councilmembers and candidates in Rio who are under investigation. The most significant of these will be summoned to testify in 15 days. It is very important to weaken these groups politically,” he said.
De acordo com Freixo, no dia 28 a CPI vai ouvir representantes do Ministério Público e o pesquisador da Uerj Ignácio Cano. Ele afirmou ainda que em locais onde a milícia já está sendo combatida, há cerca de três meses, como Jacarepaguá e Campo Grande, ambas na Zona Oeste, o número de homicídios reduziu em até 50%.
According to Freixo, the CPI will hear representatives of the Public Ministry and UERJ researcher Ignácio Cano on August 28. He also says that in locations where the militias have been targeted for nearly thre months like, like Jacarapaguá and Campo Grande … the number of homicides has fallen by up to 50%.
The news made Univision in the U.S. — which, however, misreports that the groups are run by “ex-police.”
The groups have historically been run by active duty police, fireman, prison guards, and occasionally soldiers, one has often read.
As stories about mobbed-up Rio cop-criminals going berserk and shooting people at random, a death of 7 is actually fairly restrained. See, for example,
Military policemen unhappy about a an investigation into corruption and death-squad activity in the region rolled up the highway between Nova Iguaçu and Queimado, shooting people to death at random. Thirty of them, in all.
Not to even mention the episode with the severed. human. freaking. head. that started it all off.
Univision:
Siete personas fueron asesinadas de forma aleatoria por milicias parapoliciales en un barrio pobre de Rio de Janeiro, informó el miércoles la agencia privada Estado.
“Fueron los milicianos”, aseguró el comisario Marcus Neves, al referirse a la matanza que atribuyó a un grupo denominado “Liga de Justicia”, integrado por ex policías que supuestamente pretenden erradicar el narcotráfico de las favelas de Rio.
Las víctimas, sin antecedentes penales, fueron baleadas en las calles de la favela Barbante, en la noche del martes y la madrugada del miércoles por 17 hombres armados, 10 de los cuales ya fueron identificados por la policía.
El hecho formaría parte de un plan destinado a obligar a los pobladores del lugar a pagar por su seguridad, frente a las amenazas del narcotráfico.
Las milicias parapoliciales, que venden servicios y seguridad actúan en 171 comunidades de diez ciudades de Rio, según un informe oficial divulgado el mes pasado.
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