00:00And now we go to Brazil as the Supreme Court sentenced brothers Domingos and João Francisco Chiquinho, Brasão, to 76
00:06years and three months in prison for ordering the murder of 38-year-old left-wing city consular Mariel Franco
00:14in 2018.
00:15The presiding justice said it was a political crime in which misogyny and racism also played a role. The Brasão
00:24brothers were convicted of the double murder of the consular and her driver as well as for belonging to an
00:31armed criminal organization.
00:33Both are veteran politicians with long careers in Rio, marked by suspicions surrounding the dangerous connections. Mariel Franco was an
00:42activist who grew up in a favela and became an outspoken critic of Rio's powerful militia groups. The announcement of
00:49the final sentence is still pending.
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