According to news reports from Xinhua and CRI English, Thiago Jotta da Silva died in the Hospital Sagrado Filho located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after being shot on the 18^th of September 2008. Thiago Jotta da Silva once played for the Football [Soccer] team of Vasco da Gama and is currently a member of the Second Division Team Estadio Da Soccer Club. According to the same reports, Alyne Padula Viana [Thiago Jotta da Silva’s Ex Girlfriend] and Marcia Padula Viana [the Aunt of Thiago Jotta da Silva’s Ex Girlfriend] were arrested and taken into custody on the 21^st of September 2008 for possible involvement in the homicide. Another person arrested was Marcia Padula Viana’s Companion Alexandra de Freitas da Silva for possible involvement in the homicide.

 

I would like to express my condolences to Brazil, the family of Thiago Jotta da Silva, Vasco da Gama, Estadio da Soccer, and the Brazilian National Football [Soccer] Team for the tragedy that has befallen them. I would also like to express my anger at this latest assault on human life especially when it comes to a sports figure that was beginning and had a lot to offer to the world.

 

The tragic death of Thiago Jotta da Silva has been a loss to Brazil, his family, the world of sports, and World Football [Soccer]. While the world is waiting for what will transpire, there is no reason in the world for an innocent life to be taken. I cannot enter into the details of what may have transpired since that is for the courts to decide. The fact that Alyne and Marcia Padula [as well as the companion of Marcia Padula whose name is Alexandra de Freitas da Silva] played a part in Thiago Jotta da Silva’s death is a possibility taking into account that quarrels between lovers, friends, and family members are being resolved in increasing numbers by the barrel of a gun.

 

This tragic loss is similar to what happened to the Texas Mexican Singer Selena [circa 1995] when she was shot and killed in a hotel in Texas by her Ex Manager Yolanda Saldivar. Selena was 24 years old within weeks of becoming 25 years old. Yolanda Saldivar is currently serving a sentence of life imprisonment.

 

I hope the same fate [life imprisonment] happens to Alyne Padula Viana, Alexandra de Freitas da Silva, and Marcia Padula Viana for the killing of Thiago Jotta da Silva.