'Precarious' health is Cachoeira's last hope.

Agency Brazil - Carlinhos Cachoeira's health is deteriorating and he hasn't eaten for days, his lawyer, Dora Cavalcanti, told Agência Brasil. She says her client's situation has worsened since he was transferred from the federal wing of the Papuda Prison to the Provisional Detention Center (CDP) in the same prison complex, as a result of the revocation of the arrest warrant in Operation Monte Carlo. "We are concerned about his physical integrity, which has suffered serious deterioration," said Dora. She also reported that the businessman has not received family visits for days and is housed in a dirty environment, which contributes to the worsening of his emotional state.

According to the director of the CDP, Nivaldo Oliveira da Silva, there was indeed concern about Cachoeira's health when he was transferred to the location last Thursday (21). The following day, the businessman had a consultation with the family psychiatrist, who changed his medication. Cachoeira also underwent an interview with Nivaldo himself, who warned him about the care he should take to preserve his health.

"If we hadn't adopted these procedures, he could have gotten sick. But now he's much better, he's well, healthy, and eating," said the director. Nivaldo also reports that the businessman is housed in a suitable location, although he shares a small cell with seven other prisoners. Cachoeira was not entitled to a special cell because he has not yet presented a higher education diploma.

The director of the CDP also reports that, like the other prisoners, Cachoeira is entitled to two daily sunbathing sessions of up to two hours each, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and that he is communicating normally with the other inmates.

The businessman has been in pre-trial detention for almost four months as a result of Operation Monte Carlo, conducted by the Federal Police. He is accused of leading a corruption, influence peddling, and illegal gambling operation in the Midwest region of Brazil. There is also a second arrest warrant against Cachoeira stemming from Operation Saint-Michel, which investigated alleged fraud in the public transportation sector of the Federal District.

Earlier this week, lawyers filed two appeals with the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) to try to overturn the two arrest warrants against Cachoeira. The first appeal, related to Operation Monte Carlo, is for the Fifth Panel of the STJ to review a decision by Justice Gilson Dipp that annulled the release granted to the businessman by Judge Fernando Tourinho Neto of the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF1). The Justice's decision was in response to a complaint from the Public Prosecutor's Office.

Regarding Operation Saint-Michel, the lawyers appealed to the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) against the unanimous decision of the Federal District Court of Justice (DF) that denied Cachoeira's release last Thursday, the 21st. "The Saint-Michel case is much simpler and less serious than the Monte Carlo case. And in the same way that the Justice system has already released the [accused] in Saint-Michel, Cachoeira must also be released," argues the lawyer. The appeal is under the jurisdiction of Justice Gilson Dipp.