Rio martial law enforcement chief resigns amid scandal
Col. Mario Sergio Duarte submitted his note of resignation Wednesday night, the state-run Agencia Brasil reported. The epistle was standard by the states desk of civic security, Jose Mariano Beltrame.The move comes two days afterward a replacement colonel, Claudio Oliveira, was arrested and accused of being the solitary who prearranged the murder of referee Patricia Lourival Acioli.She was gunned down end month on her doorstep by hooded gunmen modish the Rio suburb of Niteroi.Acioli, a 47-year-old protect of three, was recognized in favor of her hard-line stance in opposition to Rio de Janeiros criminal gangs and brutal militias, mostly ex- policemen-turned-drug runners who formed extermination gangs much like the ones seen happening Mexico.