Videos show police involvement in the Cachoeira scheme.
Federal delegate Fernando Byron and agent Anderson Drumond, from the Federal Police, appear in the images, shown yesterday by 'TV Folha'.
247 - On May 3, 2011, federal delegate Fernando Byron promised Carlinhos Cachoeira that he would take control of an operation to be carried out by the Federal Police in Anápolis to combat illegal gambling. The objective was to protect the gambling kingpin's business. Another person involved in the operation was agent Anderson Drumond, who was the head of the General Services Division of the Federal Police. He received advance information about the dates and locations of police operations, according to the Monte Carlo report. The revelations were broadcast by TV Folha.
Read more in the article by Fernando Mello and Leandro Colon, from Folha:
Previously unreleased videos made by the Federal Police during Operation Monte Carlo show the connections between the group of Carlos Augusto Ramos, known as Carlinhos Cachoeira, and police officers accused of corruption, and even document an alleged bribe payment in a church.
These images are the first to emerge from Operation Monte Carlo and were exclusively revealed yesterday by "TV Folha".
The videos complement the audio recordings obtained by the Federal Police in the operation that led the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office to indict 81 people and revealed the relationships between politicians, public servants, and civil and federal police officers with the businessman accused of running illegal gambling operations.
Holding prestige within the Federal Police until the operation was launched on February 29th, federal delegate Fernando Byron is identified as one of Cachoeira's main informants within the Goiás police apparatus.
He was arrested and removed from his duties at the Federal Police.
On May 3, 2011, Byron promised Cachoeira that he would take control of an operation to be carried out by the Federal Police in Anápolis to combat illegal gambling. According to the Federal Police, the delegate's objective was to protect Cachoeira's businesses.
According to the report, Byron would direct the strikes only to points pre-defined by the manager.
The next day, Byron and Cachoeira speak again and arrange a meeting.
"Hey, warrior!", says the police chief. "Shall we go now? I'm heading there," replies Cachoeira. The Federal Police filmed Byron's movements. He got out of his car and into Cachoeira's. The two drove around and, 12 minutes later, returned.
The police recorded the delegate leaving Cachoeira's car and getting into his own.
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Another person caught in the crosshairs of the operation was agent Anderson Drumond, who was the head of the General Services Division of the Federal Police and has also been removed from his duties.
The agency provided logistical support to police operations, supplying vehicles and trucks, "receiving advance information on dates and locations where police actions will take place," according to the Monte Carlo report.
The Federal Police say that Anderson's role was to inform Cachoeira's group about operations and that he received R$ 5 monthly from Lenine, the businessman's right-hand man.
On June 6, 2011, the Federal Police filmed Anderson receiving Lenine at the police headquarters in Brasília.
On another occasion, the Federal Police followed an operation set up by Cachoeira's group to remove slot machines that had been seized and stored in a Civil Police warehouse in Águas Lindas (GO).
According to the investigation, Cachoeira recovered the equipment by paying bribes.
Investigators also followed former Luziânia City Hall employee Sônia Regina de Melo, identified as another informant for the group. A meeting for the possible delivery of a bribe was arranged at a church.
In January 2011, Regina asked José Olímpio Queiroga Neto, from Cachoeira's group, if he was going to send the "business." Days later, Olímpio's accountant informed her that he had obtained the R$ 6,6 from the "blonde" (Regina). The Federal Police filmed her entering the church.