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- "Marcelo. Marcelo was an idiot."
- ―Wilson Da Silva on Marcelo.
Marcelo Branco is the younger brother of Rodrigo Branco and Victor Branco, and the youngest child of the Branco family. He is described as a "stupid party-loving Eurotrash playboy".
Biography
Early life
Not much is known about Marcelo, other than that he is the youngest child in the Branco family, and graduted school in 1992. In 2009, his brother Rodrigo has married to Fabiana Taveres. Over the time, Marcelo and Fabiana has begun to hang out together, and it was speculated that Marcelo had a crush or an affair with Fabiana, who didn't want to know about that.
At some point prior to 2012, Marcelo has begun to work for his older brother Victor, in order to "teach Rodrigo a lesson" although he was never aware of Victors actual intentions for Rodrigo to loosen the strings on the family purse. It was never revealed if Marcelo had a part in his brother's death, which would takes place a while later.
Massacre in Panama
In 2012, Marcelo's older brother, Rodrigo, hires Max Payne and Raul Passos as private security guards for the family.
As a part in his work for his older brother Victor, Marcelo and Passos has to deliver a bag full of money from Panama. Along with Max, they hang out and relex on a cruise ship, along with a friend of Marcelo, Daphne.
A few of hours later, the ship is attacked by a group of pirates. Marcelo and Passos are able to get the money bag off the ship and put it in a car. While Max and Passos fight the pirates in order to save the passengers, while Marcelo drives off the scene with the money.
Branco party
One Monday, around a month after the incident on the cruise ship, the Brancos make a party at their house, and invited many friends and associates, such as UFE commender Armando Becker, doctor Arthur Fischer, and Police detective Wilson Da Silva.
Suddenly, Comando Sombra members attack the party and try to kidnap both Rodrigo and Fabiana. Bodyguard Max saves the couple before the Comando Sombra are able to escape. After Fabiana being saved by Max, Marcelo and Becker calm her down, and after Rodrigo being saved, Marcelo and the rest of family rushes to see how Rodrigo.
Fabiana's kidnapping
One night, a couple of days after the shootout at the Branco party, Marcelo flies via a helicopter to a party in a nightclub, in which Comando Sombra gangsters kidnap Marcelo's sister-in-law, Fabiana. Marcelo was also captured following the incident by the Comando Sombra, but was able to escape to Passos' helicopter.
Marcelo and Passos save Max, who fights a group of armed gangsters from the helicopter, in order to save Giovanna. Max is able to save Giovanna, but Fabiana is taken away.
The ransom
Payne soon discovers the CS' hideout in the favelas and attempts to rescue the Brancos along with Giovanna Taveres. The attempt fails and Fabiana is executed, and Marcelo is shot, but before the they are killed, the UFE intervene. Serrano and his gang escape with Marcelo and Giovanna. Their escape fails and each of them are captured by the UFE.
Death
He is later sold to the Crachá Preto by the UFE. The Crachá Preto second-in-command, Milo Rego, then orders one of his men to brutally burn Marcelo to death in order to shift the blame away from the Crachá Preto to the local gangs. Max rushes to Marcelo, but it is too late. Max then kills Rego by forcing his machete into his neck.
Appearances
- Max Payne 3
- Something Rotten In The Air
- Nothing But The Second Best
- Just Another Day at the Office
- A Dame, a Dork, and a Drunk
- A Hangover Sent Direct From Mother Nature
- Here I Was Again, Halfway Down the World
- Sun Tan Oil, Stale Margaritas and Greed