Delegates: Demosthenes used his mandate in favor of Cachoeira.
According to the rapporteur of the misconduct proceedings, Senator Humberto Costa, delegates Raul Alexandre Marques de Sousa and Matheus Mella Rodrigues confirmed, during a closed hearing, that Demóstenes was defending the interests of the illegal gambling operator.
Agency Brazil - In a secret hearing today (15) at the Senate Ethics Council, delegates Raul Alexandre Marques de Sousa and Matheus Mella Rodrigues reaffirmed that Senator Demóstenes Torres (without party affiliation-GO) used his mandate to defend the interests of businessman Carlos Augusto de Almeida Ramos, known as Carlinhos Cachoeira.
According to the rapporteur of the parliamentary misconduct proceedings, Senator Humberto Costa (PT-PE), the delegates' testimonies clearly established the senator's relationship with Cachoeira. "Based on the delegates' statements, this is clear. [Cachoeira's] actions were in defense of his interests in public bodies," said the rapporteur.
The detectives coordinated Operations Vegas and Monte Carlo, which investigated the alleged scheme controlled by Cachoeira. The detectives' joint testimony lasted almost three hours, during which they reportedly confirmed, according to Humberto Costa, a close relationship between Demóstenes and Cachoeira.
According to Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (PSOL-AP), this relationship was established through wiretaps conducted by the Federal Police and cited by the officers during their testimony. "It is clear that the senator was acting to do..." LOBBY "In favor of Cachoeira in Congress. This is clear from the intense number of calls," said Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (PSOL-AP).
The delegates informed the council that the wiretaps from the two operations revealed 416 direct conversations between Demóstenes and Cachoeira, of which 63 were in Operation Vegas, which ended in 2009, and another 353 in Operation Monte Carlo. Furthermore, another 292 conversations mention the senator, according to the delegates.
In one of the conversations, Gleyb Ferreira da Cruz, identified by the Federal Police as Cachoeira's treasurer, says he is at the door of Demóstenes' residence waiting to deliver R$ 20. The investigators also cited a conversation between Cachoeira and Cláudio Abreu, former director of Delta, in which he talks about delivering R$ 1 million to Demóstenes.