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On Monday, the candidate for councilor and president of the Portela samba school, Marcos Vieira Souza (PP), 52, better known as Mark ******, was shot to death inside his campaign committee. He was in the military police and, according to the corporation, was licensed for the election period.
The case is being investigated by DH (Homicide Division) of the Capital, the Civil Police. In a statement, the corporation said that the unit was activated to investigate the crime occurred on the street Jose Maria. "The steps are underway to establish the circumstances and the authorship of the crime," the statement said.
On site, the director of specialized Rivaldo Barbosa, said there is a possibility that the crime committed by men armed with rifles, has had "political bias". "We do not rule out anything at this point. But it was a summary execution, I have no doubt. It was a targeted and criminal action," told reporters.
****** was elected president of Portela, one of the traditional Rio schools in May, as the only candidate. He was married to the flag bearer of the Beija-Flor, Selminha smile.
In 2011, when he was director of Carnival of the club, he was arrested while carrying a militiaman to submit to arrest. This was because ammo and R $ 33,000 in cash in his car. He was also accused of having plotted the assassination of the then head of the Civil Police of Rio, Martha Rocha, now state representative for PDT.
Expelled from the military police in 2011, he was reinstated in 2013, "due to the fact that he had been acquitted in a lawsuit, which was filed at the request of the prosecution," according to the corporation. Also according to the PM, the Disciplinary Board "had already been decided by his stay in June 2011". Since his reinstatement, he was available to the Personnel Directorate General.
Throughout his career at PM, ****** suffered attacks by gunfire and had to undergo reconstructive surgery.
