Marco Aurélio Mendes de Farias Mello (born 12 July 1946,

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) is a Brazilian former

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of the

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, appointed to the position by his cousin, former

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. In a controversial decision in October 2012, Marco Aurélio Mello released from jail Luiz André Ferreira da Silva, a politician of the city of

who had been arrested for involvement with the Milícia Mafia in Rio de Janeiro. 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.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 Marco Aurélio retired from the STF on 9 July 2021.

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Biography of Marco Aurélio Mello - Supremo Tribunal Federal
1946 births Living people Supreme Federal Court of Brazil justices 21st-century Brazilian judges Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Brazilian people of German descent Election people Lawyers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Ipiranga {{Brazil-law-bio-stub