Bahia Mourns Four-Term Deputy Alan Sanches, 58, After Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Overview

• Sanches died Saturday at home in Salvador after a cardiac arrest despite a SAMU response, according to multiple reports.
• A wake and memorial Mass at ALBA’s Salão Nobre gathered Governor Jerônimo Rodrigues, Mayor Bruno Reis and other authorities.
• The Bahia government and the Assembly each decreed three days of official mourning in his honor.
• Burial was scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m. in Salvador following the morning service at the legislature.
• A physician and four-term state lawmaker who had announced a federal pre‑candidacy, he is expected to be succeeded in ALBA by first substitute Luciano Ribeiro (União Brasil).