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Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

Rio courtroom may see belated measure of justice for murdered Marielle Franco

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People attend the unveiling of Marielle Franco’s statue at the Buraco do Lume square, downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 27 July 2022. Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

It was not even 10pm and the football match she was watching on TV had still not finished when Luyara Franco, then 19, decided to go to bed.

But then the phone started ringing.

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