March 10, 1998
Case: José Carlos Mesquita
Owner of TV Ouro Verde in Ouro Preto do Oeste, Rondônia.
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At 7:00 p.m. he was leaving the TV station when he was approached by three men. They shot him in the head.
2003:
On September 26, 2003 Orico Rodrigues was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
Sentences reversed and acquittals: (+)
Orico Rodrigues
Released / Sentence commuted: (+)
Jailed awaiting trial: (+)
Suspects not charged: (+)
Gerim Ferreira Lacerda, allegedly implicated, was himself murdered.
Other suspects have disappeared and witnesses are frightened to talk about the crime.
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