Man dies after being beaten by drug dealers; video reveals his own partner participating in the attacks in Nova Friburgo, says police

Man dies after being beaten by drug dealers; video reveals his own partner participating in the attacks in Nova Friburgo, says police

According to the Civil Police, Leomar Conceição de Oliveira, 51 years old, was attacked with wooden blows, punches and kicks; Prisoners confirmed Rita Martins contacted drug dealers after taking out a loan in the victim's name.

By Eliandra Bussinger, g1 — Nova Friburgo

3 people were arrested this Tuesday (10) in Nova Friburgo for the death of Leomar de Oliveira. The victim's companion is suspected of ordering the crime to be committed.

The police are investigating whether Rita Martins contacted drug dealers after taking out a loan in the victim's name. A video of the beating on Sunday (8) helped identify the suspects.

The other two prisoners confessed to the crime and stated that Rita provided the wood used in the attack. They were charged with bodily injury followed by death and trafficking.

A man died after being brutally beaten by drug dealers and his own partner in Nova Friburgo, in the Serrana region of Rio, according to the Civil Police. Images show Leomar Conceição de Oliveira, 51 years old, being attacked with wooden blows, punches and kicks (video above).

Three people were arrested this Tuesday (10), including Rita Martins, 58 years old, identified by the Civil Police as responsible for bringing in members of the drug trade to carry out the attack.

Speaking to g1, police chief Heberth Tavares Rita, who had been in a relationship with Leomar for at least a year, appears in the video participating in the attacks.

"Rita denied it, she said a completely absurd version. She said she didn't remember anything. I showed the video of her attacking him. She said she didn't remember having attacked him, nor what happened, that it was drug people who caught him", said the delegate from the 151st Police Station.

According to investigations, the attacks occurred on Sunday night (8), when the victim suffered several injuries and fractures, one of them exposed, and was taken to the Raul Sertã Municipal Hospital in the early hours of Monday (9).

According to the medical report, he underwent emergency surgery on his right forearm and a laparotomy (surgery to open the abdominal cavity), but died this Tuesday (10) after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest.

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Elderly man dies after beating; wife is suspected of ordering attack in Nova Friburgo — Photo: Civil Police

Investigation

Police chief Heberth Tavares said that the investigation began after an anonymous tip reported that two men involved in the attacks were in Campo do Coelho. They were believed to be members of drug trafficking that operates in the region and participated in the beating at Rita's request.

According to the delegate, the woman sought out members of the criminal faction Comando Vermelho (CV) to attack her partner. One of the lines of investigation is that she had taken out a loan in Leomar's name and refused to pay the debt.

The motivation, however, has not yet been clarified.

The video that shows part of the attacks has helped in investigating the case. The images made it possible to identify, in addition to Rita, two men identified as members of local drug trafficking: Crystian Magno de Oliveira Rodrigues, known as MG, and Gabriel Charles Leão, known as Serafim.

The Civil Police reported that Crystian was the drug manager in Campo do Coelho and had sought out the faction's leaders to obtain authorization to punish the victim. The suspicion is that the beating was organized as a type of trial by the so-called “trafficking court”.

The two men were found by civil police officers from the 151st DP and military personnel from the Reserved Service of the 11th BPM in a barbershop, in Campo do Coelho, last Tuesday afternoon.

At the time of the approach, Gabriel was dyeing his hair black. According to the police, he admitted that he changed his appearance after learning of Leomar's death, with the intention of making recognition difficult.

The delegate stated that the two suspects confessed to participating in the attacks and, in testimony, confirmed that they were called by Rita and her daughter, identified as Rosana, under the allegation that Leomar was making threats against his partner.

Reports indicate that the men were taken to the location of the attacks in a black car. The wood used in the beating would have been supplied by Rita herself, who would also have participated directly in the attack. The police are also investigating the involvement of a fourth person.

The police seized a coat that would have been worn by Crystian on the day of the crime and a pair of black pants attributed to Gabriel. Crystian's cell phone was also collected.

The three prisoners were charged with bodily injury resulting in death, association for drug trafficking and structured social domain.

Rita's daughter and other people mentioned in the investigation are still wanted or investigated by the Civil Police.

g1 tries to contact the defense of those mentioned in the report.