"A nightmare" says a boatman mother stuck with a ton of cocaine in a boat

Dona Aniete Dantas, mother of 25-year-old sailor Bahia Rodrigo Dantas, would be one more day Wednesday without plan the day of his son's release from prison in Cape Verde, Africa. Until she receives the call from her husband, she learns that after 18 months of waiting, Rodrigo and the two other Brazilians will be able to wait for the process to take place. freedom.

With personalized tapes and shirts marked "Rodrigo Livre: Injustice in Cape Verde, freedom for innocent Brazilians", relatives and friends received the press Friday afternoon 8 in front of Santo Antônio Church da Barra de Salvador, to provide clarification on this case.

Throughout the interview, Aniete attributed the origin of the drug to three Englishmen who, according to her, were responsible for the ship. "They [os ingleses] have reduced one of the tankers here in Salvador, claiming that the renovation had been carried out in such a way that, when they rented the boat, the customers were stocking it. water, but it was actually a way to disguise When the boys arrived with the boat in Vitória (ES), they [os ingleses] put the drug among the wrecks of this tank, "he said.

For her, this reform was able to mislead the federal police during inspections in Natal and Cape Verde. "They examined the entire boat, opened the tank and found nothing.After 10 hours of searches in Cape Verde, the police were about to give up. boats arrived at the invitation of a police officer and began to search the He entered one of the bedrooms, took out a bed that he had there, has pulled out his drawers, broke the wooden bark with tools and, over an iron frame, he could see the drugs. "

The warrant awarded by Judge Antero Lopes Tavares, the same who had sentenced the Brazilians and a Frenchman to 10 years in prison, was granted after Tavares had resolved to hear Rodrigo's witnesses. According to Aniete, among the witnesses is the delegate of the Brazilian Federal Police, André Rocha, who chaired the investigation in Bahia.

With this new ruling of the judge, the case went from the first to the second instance, which means that after appealing the court's decision, the Brazilians will be entitled to a new trial this time with the presence of witnesses who can help eliminate them.

Still without a scheduled date, but with a forecast of 18 months, the new and second hearing will also take place in Cape Verde. Meanwhile, Rodrigo, Daniel Guerra and Daniel Dantas, who are due to return to Brazil next week, will be able to wait for the press release.

"My expectation, that of the sailors and all those who know the case thoroughly, is that they are innocent.It is a certainty we have because we know the whole process, all the evidence, both those who defend and "

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Rodrigo's mother explained that it was not at current of the fact that this drug could have gone through their acquaintances [brasileiros] happened to the boat through a project owned by a Dutch company, where he signed a contract with her. "He was caught in his job as a sailor, he wanted to be a captain and for that he needed nautical miles, which is worth staging." simply received an email from the company informing him that he was going to the marina and looking for the owner of the boat, "he said.

" It did not look like a nightmare. You do not wake up. A feeling of helplessness, for you are sure that your son is innocent, yet you have to endure it by serving a prison sentence, living in an unhygienic place, hygiene, without water, "reported Aniete over the course of 18 months where Rodrigo was in prison

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