Another DR1 Death. Mr Lu, RIP

[AlterEgo]

Many of you longtime members will remember former DR1 employee Leuvis Olivero (Mr Lu on the forums). He was murdered in Brazil on Sunday. He moved there about 10 years ago and was a community activist and writer. Rest In Peace.

There is a related GoFundMe page:

https://gofund.me/7b9d107a

 

[aarhus]

I remember him from dr1 and met him back then when they had dr1 mets in the capital. RIP Lu.

 

[NALs]

Shocking to hear this.

RIP Lu

 

[NALs]

A Brazilian newspaper published an article about this. Its in Portuguese.

Familiares de escritor morto na Zona Norte do Rio fazem vaquinha online para que enterro seja nos Estados Unidos | Rio de Janeiro | O Dia

Naturalizado americano e morando no Brasil há mais de 10 anos, Leuvis Olivero foi assassinado a tiros, na noite de domingo, na Zona Norte do Rio

odia.ig.com.br

 

[JD Jones]

His loss will be felt forever.

 

[NALs]

Apparently, he left a restaurant and while walking on the sidewalk a car gets close and begins shooting. When the ambulance arrived at the scene, he was dead.

Polícia Civil identifica homem morto a tiros na Tijuca | Rio de Janeiro | O Dia

O crime aconteceu por volta das 19h de domingo, na Rua Baltazar Lisboa. Ainda não se sabe o que motivou a morte de Leuvis Manuel Olivero Ramos

odia.ig.com.br

 

[dulce]

I am sad to hear this. I remember him from DR1. He was a well respected member. May he rest in eternal peace.

 

[CristoRey]

Apparently, he left a restaurant and while walking on the sidewalk a car gets close and begins shooting. When the ambulance arrived at the scene, he was dead.

Polícia Civil identifica homem morto a tiros na Tijuca | Rio de Janeiro | O Dia

O crime aconteceu por volta das 19h de domingo, na Rua Baltazar Lisboa. Ainda não se sabe o que motivou a morte de Leuvis Manuel Olivero Ramos

odia.ig.com.br

Sounds like a targeted hit.
I wonder if his quest for social justice played a roll?
RIP.

 

[Auryn]

He was Dominican born but a naturalized American citizen. From Lawrence.

There is a fundraiser to have him taken home and buried there. Shameful and disgusting that we live in a world where speaking out against Bolsonaro cost him his life. May he rest peacefully.

 

[aarhus]

He was Dominican born but a naturalized American citizen. From Lawrence.

There is a fundraiser to have him taken home and buried there. Shameful and disgusting that we live in a world where speaking out against Bolsonaro cost him his life. May he rest peacefully.

Did you read that in the Portuguese language article? My portuguese is limited. I was thinking anything could have happened. It could even have been totally random.

 

[CristoRey]

Shameful and disgusting that we live in a world where speaking out against Bolsonaro cost him his life. May he rest peacefully.

Please be so kind as to provide us with a few news links backing this claim prior to spewing out such fabricated nonsense or knock it off.

 

[AZB]

If you translate the Portuguese article it clearly says that he has written many books and one book he has written where he's criticizing the president's policies and the suffrage of the people. I doubt this was politically motivated hit , but who knows. I am also very shocked to hear this news, as i knew Lu personally. He was a very good kid.

 

[bob saunders]

The area where he was killed is part of Rio de Janeiro, a city filled with crime and murder.

 

[NALs]

This Brazilian article from Oct 10 doesn't mention the name of the victim, but it was him given the link to one of the articles. It mentions that an eyewitness said that the victim was killed in front of a Japanese restaurant. The security camera of the restaurant captured the event. Another eyewitness said that a car got close and a person shot him four times, one hit the stomach, one the chest, and two the head. The car was a black HB20 (Hyundai). Apparently, people that knew him say he received threats.

Vítima de execução em Vila Isabel teria sofrido ameaças

Caso será investigado pela Divisão de Homicídios da capital

grandetijuca.com.br

 

[Auryn]

Did you read that in the Portuguese language article? My portuguese is limited. I was thinking anything could have happened. It could even have been totally random.

I don’t speak Portuguese. I translated it.

 

[Auryn]

Please be so kind as to provide us with a few news links backing this claim prior to spewing out such fabricated nonsense or knock it off.

The original article linked provided the information to draw that conclusion, as AZB states in his post.

I didn’t know the guy, but lots here did. Don’t pollute the thread, there’s no need and no point. You knock it off.

 

[NALs]

No new information, but two hours ago Brazilian Globo made a quick video about this.

Polícia apura a morte do escritor e capoeirista Leuvis Manuel Olivero, assassinado no dia 10 de outubro.

Ele foi baleado enquanto caminhava numa rua da Tijuca. Segundo testemunhas, os tiros que mataram o escritor partiram de dentro de um carro.

g1.globo.com

 

[PICHARDO]

Many of you longtime members will remember former DR1 employee Leuvis Olivero (Mr Lu on the forums). He was murdered in Brazil on Sunday. He moved there about 10 years ago and was a community activist and writer. Rest In Peace.

There is a related GoFundMe page:

https://gofund.me/7b9d107a

RIP
God! So young!

 

[PICHARDO]

So far in English translations from Portuguese

 

[PICHARDO]

Looks like he was murdered by goons linked to Bolsanaro’s political party.
He had been receiving threats, he told people close to him.