Justice is demanded at the church of "Our Lady of Parturition" in Rio de Janeiro

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Events all over Brazil and in other cities around the world commemorated this March 14th the sixth anniversary of the assassination of Councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. The crime was committed in Rio de Janeiro in 2018 and so far Brazilian state does not answer who is responsible.  teleSUR  Visit our website: https://www.telesurenglish.net/ Watch our videos here: https://videos.telesurenglish.net/en

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00:00 All over Brazil and in other cities around the world commemorated this March 14th,

00:04 the sixth anniversary of the assassination of Consul Woman

00:08 Mariel Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes.

00:11 The crime was committed in Rio de Janeiro in 2018,

00:14 and so far the Brazilian state does not answer who had them killed and why.

00:19 Let's see more details in the following report by our correspondent,

00:22 Andres Vieira and Sebastián Soro.

00:28 The church of Our Lady of Childbirth in Rio de Janeiro was full this March 14th.

00:33 Parishioners, representatives of different religions and family members,

00:38 claim it for justice.

00:39 Six years ago, paramilitary gunfire took the lives of Mariel Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes.

00:47 The black, bisexual and human rights defender Consul Woman was the victim of a political crime.

00:55 We cannot deny the pain and death the structural system and historical abuse against black people.

01:00 Four accused of planning and executing the crime are in custody,

01:07 and five other suspects were killed over the last five years.

01:10 This Thursday, the local media reported that the investigations reached the Supreme Court,

01:17 since an investigated person was identified who can only be judged by the highest court of the

01:23 country, legal rights of deputies, senators and the national executive.

01:27 It is unacceptable that our family and Anderson's family still have no answer

01:34 as to who ordered her death. It is unacceptable that the perpetrators,

01:38 those accused of the execution, are still not in popular justice.

01:42 But we will reiterate that our family will continue to fight for justice,

01:46 and we will be the continuation of her dream, and we will be resistant for her.

01:52 Political violence in this country needs to end. It doesn't matter what your political position is.

01:57 It doesn't matter who you vote for. We can no longer allow under any hypothesis

02:02 is that we do not dialogue in favor of democracy.

02:04 The march for justice for Mariel and Anderson was also joined by those who lost family members,

02:11 killed by the Rio de Janeiro police.

02:13 And we are in a new year without Mariel. She was with me the day of my son's death.

02:21 She held my hand. She was with me all the time. So that's why I'm here today to ask

02:26 for justice for Mariel and Anderson.

02:28 The mourning turned into a struggle in the firm steps of these people.

02:35 If the shots were to silence her voice and what she represented,

02:39 Mariel Franco's legacy lives on and multiplies.

02:42 When we have a justification for the crime, it is not that the pain will be solved,

02:49 but we will know that the state is looking at us, that the state is looking at Mariel's family,

02:54 that the state is looking at the human rights defenders. Now we have

02:57 to ask the same question for six years. Who ordered to kill Mariel? And we have no answers.

03:05 The day ended with the justice for Mariel and Anderson festival

03:12 in the territory of Little Africa in Rio de Janeiro.

03:16 André Vieira and Sebastien Soto, Telesur, Brazil.

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