Marielle case: JN has exclusive access to a suspicious testimony | New

The man who charges Rio's civilian police is Orlando Oliveira de Araújo. He is currently detained at the Mossoró Federal Maximum Security Penitentiary, Rio Grande do Norte.

Orlando wore the uniform of the military police for a year, but chose the path of crime and became the leader of a militia accusing of clandestine services and security, frightening the inhabitants of l & # 39; West. Especially in the district of Curicica. From where the nickname of Curicica Orlando.

He was arrested in 2017 for murder and illegal possession of a weapon. In June, he was transferred to Mossoró Penitentiary, after being named by a witness among those responsible for the murder of city councilor Marielle Franco and driver Anderson Gomes in March.

Orlando de Curicica asks to be heard by the federal public prosecutor. He claimed that the Rio police had pressured him to badume responsibility for Marielle's murder.

On August 22, the National Journal had exclusive access to what Orlando told two federal prosecutors.

Orlando de Curicica testified that the person responsible for the homicide division, Giniton Lages, was in Bangu Prison in May. The delegate wanted to hear him confess that he had killed Marielle at the request of the Sicilian. He was referring to Councilor Marcelo Siciliano, PHS.

He entered the list of suspects after a witness told the police that he had seen Marcelo Siciliano and Orlando de Curicica in a restaurant preparing the death of the counselor. The statements were revealed by the newspaper "O Globo".

Orlando accuses the witness of being a militiaman who did not agree with him. Orlando said that he had replied to delegate Giniton Lages that he was not involved in the case and that the officer would have asked him to accuse city councilor Marcelo Siciliano:

"Say the guy came to see you, asked you to kill her, you did not want to, and the guy has someone else, but the guy who asked to kill her. "

Orlando refused and said that he was threatened. They said they were going to transfer him to a federal prison and charge him three or four more homicides.

Orlando said that if he confessed, the policeman had even promised him a pardon.

According to the militiaman, Giniton Lages said that he had come into the car dreaming of that, that he agreed, that would be the end of the Marielle case.

Orlando thinks that Marielle was murdered by a group of murderers for the way the crime was committed. According to him, these groups never use weapons at once, but only firearms.

Orlando also draws attention to the type of car used. These are usually sedans, white or gray, more common colors not to be drawn.

Orlando stated that the Homicide Division described these groups as "murderers" and that the police did not move a straw to investigate. According to the militiaman, the reason is that the biggest clients of the killer groups are the bug players who pay bribes to the Homicide Division.

But Orlando did not state that it was the offense that had killed Marielle. He does not know who was the principal of the crime.

According to the militiaman, the alleged corruption within the Homicide division even implicated the leader. He added that US $ 300,000 had been allocated to Rivaldo Barbosa, former head of the civil police, for not investigating the death of a criminal who was allegedly murdered by football in 2016. Orlando said that he had seen the money between green bag

In his testimony, Orlando revealed that there was a system of allocation of money from the game of the beast both for the Secretariat to security – which contained R $ 500,000 – and for police stations, which received between R $ 6,000 and R $ 6,000. 40 thousand But he did not specify how many times the value was paid by the wrongdoers.

And admitted that he had himself donated money to the Homicide Division. He said the police had charged R $ 20,000 to release his wife after finding a gun in their house and that the money had been handed over to the team then led by delegate Rivaldo Barbosa. On another occasion, he stated that he had paid not to be arrested by the police of the homicide office and that he had lived six years at the same address and did not have him. had not stopped because they did not want it.

The testimony of the prosecutors of the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office in Rio Grande do Norte was sent to the General Prosecutor's Office in Brasilia. After these statements, Orlando was again heard by the attorneys of the Republic and on Thursday (6) testified before the federal police.

A FP team, coordinated by three delegates, conducts the investigation opened by Attorney General Raquel Dodge on the activities of Rio's civilian police.

What is said above
The head of the civil police of Rivaldo Barbosa, of Rio, said that the statements of Orlando were fragile and were intended to disrupt the investigation on the Marielle case, which is conducted with dedication and seriousness.

The civilian police said that the conduct of Rivaldo Barbosa at the head of the Homicide Division and other police units had always been based on honesty and honesty. He also said that Orlando's attempts to demoralize and discredit the appropriate institutions and that the transfer of the militia to Mossoró was not due to the Marielle case.