Brazil: alleged sponsor of the assassination of Marielle Franco was killed

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A new twist in the Marielle Franco affair, this far-left elected official who had been murdered by the Rio militia two years ago. The alleged sponsor of the crime, Antonio Nobrega, who had been on the run for a year, was killed this Sunday in a clash with the police, according to the official version.

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With our correspondent in Sao Paulo, Martin Bernard

Police say they found Antonio Nobrega on a farm in Bahia, in the Northeast. The fugitive is said to have opened fire and to have withstood his injuries when the police responded.

Antonio Nobrega was also a former captain of BOPE, the elite troop of the Rio military police. But he later became the head of the militia dubbed "the crime office," and had been wanted by the police for a year.

"Captain Nobrega" was considered the alleged sponsor of the assassination of Marielle Franco, this black, lesbian and far left municipal councilor, very committed to the fight against the militias in the favelas of Rio - Marielle Franco who was shot dead two years ago .

Antonio Nobrega was " a key figure in solving a series of crimes ", according to the political party of Marielle Franco, whose assassination remains surrounded by mystery.

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