Brazil Supreme Court Convicts Plotters in Marielle Franco Assassination Case

Brazil's Supreme Court unanimously convicted former Congressman Chiquinho Brazao, his brother Domingos Brazao, and three others for orchestrating the 2018 assassination of councilwoman and human-rights activist Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. The court found the Brazao brothers ordered the killing to protect their illegal land-grabbing scheme in Rio de Janeiro. The ruling concludes an eight-year legal process, with the gunmen already serving sentences and other accomplices convicted for related crimes. All accused denied involvement during the trial.