Celso Daniel

The book that reveals details about the murder of Celso Daniel. A political and police myth. A taboo subject among investigative forces. A topic never surpassed in the press. A constant disturbance in the minds of powerful men, from powerful parties. This perfect mystery, worthy of the best thrillers, is, however, a real plot. No recent Brazilian crime has mobilized the popular imagination more than the murder of Celso Daniel, the Workers' Party mayor of Santo André, in January 2002—the same year Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would be elected president of the Republic. Almost fifteen years later, Silvio Navarro reconstructs, in detail, the sophisticated machinery of embezzlement of public funds and exposes the operational bases of what would become, on a national scale, the mensalão and the oil scandals. The result of a thorough investigation, Celso Daniel is a report with the rhythm of a thriller. A banner demonstrating the power of journalism that brings together new and illuminating facts so that we can find the interpretation, the path, the truth.