Marco Eli Chérese

Marco Eli Chérese was a military police officer involved in the Varginha Incident on January 20, 1996. According to Maurício Antonio Santos, then commander of the 24th Battalion of the Varginha Military Police, Chérese had a cyst under his left armpit and had already scheduled surgery to remove it. Santos stated that the death occurred due to a strong hospital infection after the operation, and included copies of the medical report in the IPM. Santos concluded that "ex-soldier Cherese was not involved in any occurrence with extraterrestrials."