Goiás
Second son dies after being shot by secretary in Itumbiara
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Benício Araújo Machado, 8, died on Friday (13) in Itumbiara, Goiás, from shots fired by his father, Government Secretary Thales Naves Alves Machado, who also killed his older brother and took his own life. Civil Police are investigating the case as double homicide followed by suicide, pointing to a marital crisis as a possible motive. The children's mother faced threats during the older son's burial.
Brazil's Senate approved on Wednesday (March 25) a bill classifying vicaricídio as a heinous crime, with 20 to 40 years imprisonment. Inspired by the killing of two brothers in Itumbiara (GO), it integrates the Maria da Penha Law and awaits presidential sanction.
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Goiás Civil Police arrested a man in flagrante for threatening his ex-partner through Pix transfers of R$0.01 with intimidating messages. The incident took place in Aparecida de Goiânia, where the victim holds an urgent protective order against the accused. In addition to the financial threats, he would turn off her home's power at night to scare her.