Those who spent this Sunday (16) through the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, in the South Zone of Rio, was able to see the photo gallery in memory of 50 children killed by lost bullet between 2020 and 2025. The images were torn from the place in December Last year, by order of Mayor Eduardo Paes, causing indignation in the population and the NGO Rio de Paz, author of the assembly in honor of these victims of violence in Rio. According to the NGO, after 45 days of waiting, the return of the Photos was authorized by the mayor.
The replacement of the photos was held yesterday with the participation of people from families. Shortly after putting the photo of his son, Bruna da Silva, mother of Marcos Vinicius da Silva, killed by a lost bullet at 14, in 2018, in a police operation in Maré, north of Rio, said he expects the preservation of gallery. “May this space come to receive our children well. May residents take care of each face and each memory of these,” he said as a text of the Peace River.
Bruna also revealed her feeling for 45 days of waiting for the return of the memorial. “These days were very distressing, but the mayor apologized to mothers and family members, the NGO Rio de Paz. We don’t want to come from children to the lagoon and nowhere. Son’s place is in our conviviality, “he said.
The NGO also reported that in a meeting with mothers of the victims, members of Rio de Paz and the Secretary of Environment and Climate of the municipality, Tainá de Paula, Eduardo Paes apologized for the act and authorized the return of the tribute to the victims of violence in Rio .
The gallery won back the sunflowers that were placed in the Memorial by Thamires de Assis, Esther de Assis’s mother, killed 9 years old by a stray bullet, in confrontation between traffickers in Madureira, North Zone. The flower was the girl’s favorite and is now next to the photo of Thamires’ daughter, who was accompanied by daughter Joana. “They were very linked, they look very much and loved each other. I’m happy with the return of the photo because it is a way of being remembered. They will look at the picture and know who is to Esther. Taking her picture was sad because it was how it was how If I had torn her from me again, “he recalled in the NGO text
