LatinNews Daily - 21 March 2024

On 20 March the lawyers of Ronnie Lessa, who is accused of killing Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco in 2018, sent a statement to the Brazilian press in which they announced they would step down as Lessa’s legal counsel and criticised the decision to sign a plea bargain, which was announced by authorities the day before.

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