Brazil court to try politicians over hit on black councilwoman

Franco, a black, lesbian activist who grew up in a favela and became an outspoken critic of Rio's powerful militia groups, was 38 when she was gunned down in the city center alongside her driver, Anderson Gomes. The two former military police officers who carried out the murders were given hefty jail terms in 2024. The Supreme Court will now try former federal lawmaker Chiquinho Brazao and his brother Domingos, a former state lawmaker, accused of ordering the assassination. The prosecution says...