March 13, 2000
Case: José Wellington Fernandes
Host of the radio program "Cheiro de Mato" in Canindé de São Francisco, Sergipe.
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He was murdered around 3:30 a.m. as he was returning home from a party.
2003:
On March 12, 2003 José Ferreira de Melo (Zé de Adolfo) was sentenced to 19 years in prison.
In March 2003
R.L.S. (Nininho), a minor (aged 17), was sentenced to prison until reaching majority.
2007:
On February 14, 2007 Genivaldo Galindo da Silva was sentenced as mastermind to 19 years and 10 months in prison.
Sentences reversed and acquittals: (+)
José Ferreira de Melo
Released / Sentence commuted: (+)
R.L.S. (Nininho), aged 17, remained in prison for three years, until he was 21.
Genivaldo Galindo da Silva is appealing sentence while free.
Jailed awaiting trial: (+)
In November 2007 gunman Antônio Madeiros (Alemão), in jail for other offenses, declared that he had participated in Wellington’s murder and in that of a congressman. The authorities said they would hear his statement.
Suspects not charged: (+)
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