City Councilor assassinated a mayor in Brazil | Chronic

A councilor from Naque, a small municipality in Brazil, shot dead the mayor of the city, Helio Pinto de Carvalhoafter a discussion arising from the ownership of a plot, local media reported.

Pinto de Carvalho maintained a lively discussion in front of the people with other people Marcos Alves from Lima, who took out a revolver from his jacket and fired four shots at the mayor, then flew into a van, according to several regional media portals.

The event was held in rural Naque, a municipality of just 6,000 in the state of Minas Gerais, in the center of the country.

According to the witnesses, the discussion took place through a door and a fence that Alves de Lima was installing on land that he claimed to have acquired a few years ago, despite the fact that the municipality was claiming it. property.

Pinto de Carvalho, from the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), was rescued and taken to hospital, but he was unable to resist the injuries and died as a result of the seriousness of his injuries. injuries, reported the EFE news agency. local

The military police announced in an official note that the city councilman had been arrested while he was trying to flee the city by another path leading to the neighboring governor, the Governador Valadares.

The truck that was driving Alves de Lima was intercepted by a military police patrol and the city councilman returned without resistance, according to the authorities.

In his power was found a revolver, which the military police suspected to be the weapon used to kill Mayor Pinto de Carvalho, although this must be confirmed by the experts.