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An aspiring politician and her sister were tortured to death for allegedly making gang signs in a photo, police in the Brazilian west-central state of Mato Grosso said.
Porto Esperidiäo city council candidate Rayane Alves, 25, and her sister, Rithiele Alves, 28, were kidnapped along with two men, including their brother, after leaving a festival during the early hours of Saturday.
The suspects, alleged members of the Comando Vermelho, escorted the group to a party at a residence in the city center, where they stabbed the sisters and cut off their fingers and hair, the Mato Grosso Civil Police said.
One of the men was able to escape and alert the police.
Cops raided the home and found Rayane and Rithiele dead in one of the rooms.
Rayane Alves (left), her brother (center) and sister Rithiele Alves (right) were kidnapped Saturday by a local gang in the west-central Brazil city of Porto Esperidião in response to their now-deleted photo of flashing hand gestures of their rival, Primeiro Comando da Capital, earlier in the week. Rayane and Rithiele were tortured to death while their brother and one of their boyfriend's survived
One of the 10 gang members linked to the kidnapping and murder of Brazilian city council candidate Rayane Alves and her sister Rithiele Alves is placed in the trunk of a patrol car following his arrest Saturday in Porto Esperidião, Brazil
The other man was found in a separate room with his one of his fingers and an ear cut off. He was also stabbed in the neck.
Mato Grosso Civil Police chief Hugo Rafael told Brazilian news outlet G1 on Monday that a jailed gang member ordered the murders of Rayane and Rithiele after learning that they had each made a hand gesture of the rival Primeiro Comando da Capital gang in a now-deleted photograph from September 8.
The gang member, whose name was not released, spent three hours on a video call watching all four victims being tortured
'All (suspects) confessed. At all times, they were on a video call with a (State Central Penitentiary ) prisoner,' Rafael said. 'They were tortured for about three hours and they continued to do what the prisoner ordered.
'Everything was ordered from inside the prison. One of those who confessed said that they had already been 'decreed' by the gang.'
Brazilian city council candidate Rayane Alves (pictured) and her sister were kidnapped and murdered Saturday by a gang. A Mato Grosso Civil Police official said the sisters were targeted a jailed gang member, who saw Alves, her brother, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, being tortured for three hours via video call
Rithiel Alves (pictured )was stabbed dead along with her sister, Brazilian aspiring politician Rayane Alves. Authorities have said that there is no evidence linking them to criminal activities
Rafael said that Rayane Alves and the rest of the victims were intercepted by the gang and escorted to a party, where they had their cell phones checked.
The gang then took them to the house and 'they put the victims in a room and took them out one by one to torture them," the police official said.
Rafael said that cops have confiscated a cell phone from an inmate at the jail and are analyzing it.
He added that there is no evidence that Rayane Alves, her sister and brother and the other man had ties to any criminal groups.
Authorities have so far arrested 10 people, including five minors. At least four of the suspects were arrested at a hotel several hours after the murders following a shopping spree.
A cop searches bags that four of the murder suspects were carrying outside a hotel where they were hiding after participating the kidnapping and murder of a Brazilian city council candidate and her mother and the attempted murder of one of their boyfriend's and their brother
Rayane Alves, who was kidnapped and murdered alongside her sister, was running to a seat in the Porto Esperidião city council
The five adults are expected to be charged with eight counts, including murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and corruption of children, according to Rafael.
They have been identified as Rosivaldo Nascimento, Lucas Justiniano, Maikon Roda and Ana Costa and will remain in pre-trial detention.
The minors, whose names are being withheld, will be kept in custody for 45 days. During that time authorities will apply socio-educational measures to determine the level of their culpability and if any jail time will be served.
Rayane Alves and her sister operated a local circus. She was also running for public office for the first time.
'It is with immense sadness and deep regret that we announce the passing of our dear friend and candidate for councilwoman Rayane, and her sister Ritiely,' Porto Esperidião Mayor Herculis Albertini said in a statement. 'This tragic loss leaves an incalculable pain for all of us,' says an excerpt from the note.'
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