Model Busted For Running Criminal Gang After Hubby Shot Dead At Sons Birthday Bash

This gorgeous model has been arrested for holding a senior role in a criminal organisation that may have been behind the assassination of her husband during their son’s fourth birthday party.

Camila Marodin, a model and fashion influencer, was arrested in the coastal town of Matinhos in the Brazilian state of Parana on the morning of 12th November.

The model’s husband Ricardo Marodin, who was initially considered the gang leader by the police, was reportedly shot dead during his son’s birthday party on 7th November.

Camila Marodin, widow of Ricardo Marodin from Parana, Brazil, who was killed in his son’s birthday in November 2021. (Camila Marodin/Newsflash)

After his death, Camila told the authorities that her husband was not involved in any criminal activity and claimed the murder was probably a case of mistaken identity.

However, Camila has now been arrested as a suspected leader of the alleged drug cartel believed to be behind Ricardo’s shooting and the deaths of two former cops.

She was reportedly caught on her way back home from her mother’s house where she allegedly hid a Glock pistol that the police later recovered.

Camila Marodin, widow of Ricardo Marodin from Parana, Brazil, who was killed in his son’s birthday in November 2021. (Camila Marodin/Newsflash)

Police spokesperson Colonel Barroso said the arrest was already planned but had to be brought forward after the deaths of Ricardo and former policemen Thiago Cesar Carvalho and Guilherme Antonio da Costa, who were killed in the neighbourhood of Cajuru in the Parana state capital Curitiba three days after Ricardo.

Barroso added: “The Military Police launched Operation Ostentacao (Ostentation), which follows investigations and follow-ups during about a year of work carried out by the Military Police’s intelligence department.

“During this investigation, we found financial payments in Camila’s account of over BRL 1.3 million (GBP 177,481).

Camila Marodin (left), widow of Ricardo Marodin from Parana, Brazil, who was killed in his son’s birthday in November 2021. (Camila Marodin/Newsflash)

According to the news site Em Tempo, a court froze the money in Camila’s account in addition to 13 properties, some of them high-end, valued at BRL 3 million (GBP 409,800) that are believed to be owned by the criminal gang.

Officers also seized five luxury cars, two Audis, a Honda, a Chevrolet Camaro and a Porsche, as well as a motorbike.

The police also confiscated 39 weapons and cash in the amount of BRL 120,000 (GBP 16,394).

Ricardo Marodin from Parana, Brazil, who was killed in his son’s birthday in November 2021. (Newsflash)

Ricardo Marodin was gunned down at the end of his son’s fourth birthday party in the city of Pinhais last week.

According to reports, four armed suspects arrived in a silver Volkswagen Voyage and fired multiple shots at Ricardo, who died on the spot.

On the morning of 10th November, the two former cops were shot dead by gunmen in a silver Volkswagen Voyage, possibly the same one used in Ricardo’s shooting.

Camila Marodin, widow of Ricardo Marodin from Parana, Brazil, who was killed in his son’s birthday in November 2021. (Camila Marodin/Newsflash)

Homicide investigator Tito Barichello said the crimes could be related, as Ricardo and Thiago knew each other.

The investigation continues.