Since the operation against the then state representative Tiigo Raymundo dos Santos Silva, TH Goias, members of the leadership of the government of Rio de Janeiro have commented on the arrest of the parliamentarian and the infiltration of the Comando Vermelho into politics. The case resurfaced on Wednesday with the arrest of the president of Rio’s Legislative Assembly, Rodrigo Basilar (Uniao), who allegedly leaked to his fellow lawmaker the operation that led to his arrest the next day. Governor Claudio Castro (PL) said he was not responsible for TH reaching the Legislative Assembly of Rio (Alerj). Public Security Secretary Victor Cesar Santos admitted that the situation was embarrassing and that he had informed the governor the previous day of the arrest, but Castro did not want to know information about the investigation.
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Civil Police Secretary Felipe Cori, who first arrested TH Goias, stated that he always knew that the politician was linked to the crime. See what each member said at the Rio Summit.
Claudio Castro, Governor of Rio
In an interview with GLOBO in November, Governor Claudio Castro was asked about the possibility of Comando Vermelho infiltrating the Rio government, as indicated by the federal police investigation that arrested TH Goias. deny:
-TH never had an agenda with me. I only met him at public events. He was a representative of the people, he had a mandate, and he took the stage like all the other representatives. But he never came here, I didn’t even have his phone number, and we never WhatsApped each other. He was elected by the people. I didn’t put it there. Remember, he took over because Ottoni (Paola) had died, and Raffaele (Picciani, first substitute) was already in the Secretariat. MP Otoni died, and (TH. Jóias, third substitute) took office. The governor said: “It is God who took Otony, not me.”
Victor Cesar, Secretary of Public Security
In an interview with Ruda Viva, also in November, Public Security Minister Victor Santos Cesar stated that the case of TH Goyas was an embarrassment to the Rio government because he had participated in events, such as the security zone.
— There is no doubt that it is embarrassing for everyone, but the governor was never involved in this matter, quite the opposite. (He said: “Do what you have to do with whoever you are with.”) He made us feel so relieved that he was only informed because he did: “I don’t want to know the details of the investigation” (Castro reportedly said). But the day before, we informed him of the arrest, and it was done and he was arrested.
Felipe Cori, Secretary of the Civil Police
Civil Police Secretary Felipe Corey was the first to arrest TH Goias in 2017. On the day of the second arrest, this year, he said he had no doubt about the then-MP’s connection to drug trafficking.
The representative elected to represent the community has put his mandate at the service of the largest criminal faction in Rio de Janeiro. This operation is further proof that there will be no political protection for criminals: whether the drug dealer is armed in the slums or in a lawsuit in the assembly, the state’s reaction will be the same. We need to take these people out of circulation because they are very dangerous. They can’t have that kind of access. He said they are using their positions and exploiting their influence to promote themselves within the criminal faction.