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A recording shown on the Fantástico program, in which Cachoeira negotiates with the mayor of Palmas (TO), confirms the gambling kingpin's habit of recording conversations with politicians and businessmen; according to his wife, Andressa Mendonça, he is ready to talk; parliamentarians anxiously await new videos.
247 – The video released this Sunday by Fantástico, on TV Globo, in which the illegal gambling operator Carlos Cachoeira appears negotiating with the mayor of Palmas (TO), Raul Filho (PT), confirms an old habit of the gambling boss: that of recording his conversations with businessmen and politicians. The main objective was to use his own image archive to blackmail his network of contacts.
The release of the video, coupled with the fact that the offender is ready to talk, according to a statement by his wife, Andressa Mendonça, in interview on the same programThis creates a certain climate of panic among politicians who have already been involved with the man from Goiás. The question now, according to parliamentarians interviewed by Gerson Camarotti, who has a blog on [website name], is: G1 portalThe question is what remains in Cachoeira's possession and what has already been handed over to the Federal Police.
What Andressa Mendonça indicated during the interview was that the attitude the gambling boss had when summoned to testify before the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry investigating his relationships – that of remaining silent – should now change. Imprisoned in the Papuda penitentiary complex in Brasília, the gambling boss "is not doing well psychologically," she said. "He told me that he has a lot to say, that he wants to contribute. And he asked to tell Brazil that he has something to say," Andressa added. When asked by reporter Sônia Bridi if what he had to say involved politicians accused of having relationships with him, Andressa replied: "Maybe. Maybe yes."
Everything indicates that Cachoeira's threat is a result of the resentment he has been feeling inside prison. He has already suffered four defeats in court, related to habeas corpus petitions filed by his lawyer, former minister Marcio Thomaz Bastos, and according to his wife, he is "depressed" and has been "taking several medications." Recently, the gambling boss showed the first sign of bad behavior after more than 100 days in prison: he had to testify at the Federal Police department in the Federal District after an argument with other prisoners over a television that was on.