Marco_Aurélio_Mello

Marco Aurélio Mello

Marco Aurélio Mello

Add article description

Marco Aurélio Mendes de Farias Mello (born 12 July 1946, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian former justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil, appointed to the position by his cousin, former President of Brazil Fernando Collor de Mello.

Quick Facts His Excellency, Justice of the Supreme Federal Court ...

In a controversial decision in October 2012, Marco Aurélio Mello released from jail Luiz André Ferreira da Silva, a politician of the city of Rio de Janeiro who had been arrested for involvement with the Milícia Mafia in Rio de Janeiro. [4]

In 2020, Marco Aurélio Mello released Brazilian drug warlord André do Rap. The decision was reversed just a few hours later by the President of the Brazilian Supreme Court who ordered that the drug warlord be put back in jail, but by then he had become a fugitive.[5]

Marco Aurélio retired from the STF on 9 July 2021.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    STF website
  2. [2]
    "Aposentadoria de Marco Aurélio Mello no STF é publicada no Diário Oficial" (in Portuguese). G1. 9 July 2021.
  3. [3]
    STF Website. (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Solto pelo STF, acusado de chefiar milícia volta à Câmara do Rio". Jornal do Brasil. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  5. [5]
    https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/fux-nao-superior-aos-demais-quis-jogar-para-turba-diz-marco-aurelio-sobre-prisao-de-traficante-1-24687876 O Globo
More information Legal offices ...


Flag of BrazilJustice icon

This Brazilian law-related biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Marco_Aurélio_Mello, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.