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66Rodrigues then kicked the victim's body, to make sure he was dead and onlystopped when a crowd gathered around him. Rodrigues and "Zé Miséria"left in the car.According to witnesses, "Zé Miséria" apparently had contractedRemilton Rodrigues to find two thieves who had robbed the supermarketof Zé Maria's brother that morning. Their belief that Dantas was one of thethieves caused the attack.Remilton Rodrigues was arrested, but "Zé Miséria" was able toescape. The latter's whereabouts remain unknown.After a complaint was registered with the Pará State Police InternalAffairs Division, the Paranese Society for the Defense of Human Rightsrequested information about this case from the Office of the PublicProsecutors, on November 10, 1999. The spokesperson responded thatthe Prosecutor was going to indict the officer, who was currently indetention.2.0. PARAÍBA2.1. Marcos Eduardo da Silva,Alcenor Gomes da Silva,Rinaldo Inocêncio, Josenildodos Santos, 24, Célio Vicente deMiranda.On May 13, 1999, at around 9:30 p.m., twelve men, some hoodedand heavily armed entered the Alhandra City Penitentiary. They forced thejailer to open cells one and two. On gaining access to the cells, they firedvarious rounds at the prisoners within.Five detainees died and eight were injured. It is believed that theattack was motivated by revenge. Three men suspected of involvement inthe death of a police officer in the town of Mata Redonda were imprisonedin Alhandra.The police inquiry blamed the incident on police and prison guardomission. The guards on duty that night had all failed to retrieve theirweapons, suggesting, at a minimum, their prior knowledge of the invasionand thus their complicity in murders.Source: Office of Representative Luiz CoutoPB