Chancellor Marielle Franco's killer points to a conspiracy of urban speculation as the motive for the crime

Ronnie Lissa, the perpetrator of the 2018 murder of Brazilian Chancellor Mariel Franco, identified a conspiracy of urban exploitation and speculation hatched by armed militias in Rio de Janeiro as the motive for the crime. In his statement this week to the federal police, as part of the plea agreement, Lisa revealed that the real estate interests of these armed groups, one of their main sources of funding, collided with the complaints of Mariel, known for her activism and struggle. His work in slums. This would have been the motivation behind Lisa being appointed to end his life, which finally happened in March 2018, when the car in which he was traveling was shot at, also causing the death of the driver, Anderson Gomez. Real estate exploitation is currently one of the main sources of financing for organized crime in Rio de Janeiro. Between 2021 and 2022, more than 1,300 irregular buildings linked to militias were demolished, resulting in losses worth 646 million riyals (119 million euros). Throughout this week, the Brazilian press has been presenting details about the content of the statement of Lisa, one of the detainees along with the driver of the motorcycle from which he was shot in a crime that shook a large part of Brazilian society. Lisa had already provided information about the intellectual author of the murder, the motives and circumstances of the killing, as well as details of the meetings he had with those who hired him, Brazilian news portal G1 reported. Last week, the investigation reached the Supreme Court after the alleged involvement of an accredited person was identified. Six years after the events, Lisa and former military police officer Elcio Quiroz remain in prison awaiting sentencing, while two others suspected of participating in the logistics of the plan remain at large.