Former congressman, brother guilty in murder of Brazilian politician

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Democracy Dies in Darkness

The 2018 assassination of rights activist and Rio de Janeiro city council member Marielle Franco, a rising star in Brazilian politics, reverberated worldwide.

February 25, 2026 at 2:37 p.m. ESTJust now

Marielle Franco leads a Rio de Janeiro city council session in January 2017. (Renan Olaz/AFP/Getty Images)

BRASÍLIA — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday found a former congressman and his brother guilty of ordering the murder of Marielle Franco, the human rights activist and city council member whose 2018 assassination in downtown Rio de Janeiro reverberated around the world.

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