Cardoso murder trial

On November 18, the Carlos Cardoso murder trial started.
On this page we'll explain who are...

THE PEOPLE INVOLVED

Carlos Cardoso, investigative journalist and editor, gunned down in Maputo 22 November 2000.
Carlos Manjate, driver, seriously injured

The trial opened 18 November and is being held in a marquee (large tent) inside the walls of the maximum security prison.

The case is being heard by by the investigating magistrate Augusto Paulino and four lay magistrates.

• Momade Assife Abdul Satar ("Nini")
• Ayob Satar, brother of Nini and owner of an exchange house
• Vicente Ramaya, former bank manager

• Aníbal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"), who escaped from prison and is being tried in absentia.
• Manuel Fernandes ("Escurinho")
• Carlos Rashid Cassamo ("Carlitos")

• Mourão Baluce for the Public Prosecutor's Office
• Lucinda Cruz for the Cardoso family
• Helder Matlaba for Carlos Manjate.

• Eduardo Jorge, representing Nini
• Domingos Arouca, representing Ayob Satar
• Abdul Gani, representing Ramaya
• Simião Cuamba, representing Anibalzinho and Escurinho
• Samuel Valentim, representing Cassamo

(by J. Hanlon)
 

Click here for a list of links to articles about the trial