More than 80 shots and deadly confusion: Brazilian soldiers mistakenly killed a musician

April 9, 2019

The soldiers felt threatened by the members of a vehicle and riddled their occupants. Evaldo dos Santos Rosa, 51, lost his life in the shooting.

The military forces of Brazil many times they cross the barrier that separates security from excessive violence and last Sunday an episode of this type was lived in Rio De Janeiro, where a man was mistakenly killed by 12 soldiers.

The car in which he moved Evaldo dos Santos Rosa, 51, was shot in the middle of a confusing episode. The agents badured that they felt threatened by the members of the car and reacted to a "criminal badault" that, later, would never have existed.

A total of 80 shots crossed the line of sight of the vehicle in which the victim was traveling with his wife, his 7 year old son and his father-in-law, who was injured as well as injured. a pbaderby who was in the vicinity.

"Why did the barracks do that? The neighbors came to our aid but they continued to shoot. I asked one of them: "Good God, help my husband!" They did not do anything, they mockedSays Luciana Nogueira, widow of Santos Rosa Meanwhile, Daniel Dos Santos Rosa, another son of the deceased, said: "This can not continue." We want justice. "

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The incident occurred in the neighborhood of Gudalupe, north of the city, located in Brazil, a zone guarded by a military perimeter where the troops carried out a "regular patrol", according to information communicated by the army.

According to the military command of the East Zone, the agents "they reacted to an badault from criminals aboard the vehicle"However, the version was completely false," inconsistencies were identified "and, after expert reviews on the vehicle, it was found that there was no weapon at all. ; inside.

"I do not see any signs of self defense, for the number of shots", Interviewed Leonardo Salgado, Commissioner of the Homicide Division of the Civilian Police of Brazil, who rejected the official version.