Three bedrooms, plasma TV and even a library with a collection of DVD series on the Colombian Pablo Escobar. The Brazilian drug trafficker Jarvis Chimenes Peacock lived in luxury in Tacumbú prison in Asunción, one of the most crowded of Paraguay.
The discovery of a plastic explosive bomb in the penitentiary wall on Tuesday night not only revealed that the artifact would be used supposedly for a cinematic escape, but Chimenes Peacock lived since 2009 in a cell with all the amenities, protected by complicity purchased from senior officials.
Three suites, a comfortable bed, covered with blankets, and even a library where, among the various works, highlights the full range of "Pablo Escobar", served as the luxurious hostel for the Brazilian, convicted of money laundering and sought in Brazil for drug trafficking, he noted the AFP on guided tour of judicial authorities.
"We will demolish the cell Chimenes Peacock and we will take action against officers who allowed the privileges for this doomed," said the new Minister of Justice, Ever Martinez, who took last Thursday against the dismissal by the scandal of the minister Carla Bacigalupo.
The very Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes, was in charge to dismiss the minister.
Within the Tacumbú prison, many inmates complained that his famous colleague, a resident of "VIP cell", as known, had been transferred after revealed the privileges of his arrest.
"I do not know what will become of us without him," said one of the prisoners who declined to be identified stating that Chimenes Peacock was generous and gave money to fix up the soccer field and the prison chapel, in addition to paying for their safety within from jail.
Josieux, a Brazilian arrested, admitted that within the prison "live in the misery" out of the flag Chimenes Peacock. In Tacumbú there are 3,500 inmates, twice its capacity.
everyone knew
The lawyer Monger, Laura Acasuso, said several ministers of justice and Tacumbú former directors were aware of Chimenes privileges Peacock and other prominent prisoners.
"Six or seven Ministers of Justice and six or seven officers know their contributions," said Acasuso.
Antonio González, one of the prisoners Peacock Pavilion, admitted that the prisoner was "the most wanted man in prison."
Regarded as one of the most dangerous drug traffickers in the region and heir, once mighty, Fernandinho Beira-Mar, which is in a maximum security prison in Brazil, Chimenes Peacock was charged as the alleged mastermind of the crime, in June, a prominent businessman Jorge Rafaat, on the border with Brazil.
"He (Chimenes Peacock) never said it was holy, but fulfilled the punishment that was imposed by justice and collaborated with cash generating lawfully through their companies," defended Acasuso.
According to the lawyer, the dealer "has 1,200 people employed in their companies." Acasuso came with the journalists during recognition of his luxury suite in prison.
The lawyer revealed that Chimenes Peacock, among other contributions, helped in the construction of dormitories for the officers, private bathroom for employees, improvements in the library, in the visits hall and up the daily diet of 80 inmates, including the wages of cooks.
He also said that the dealer was still making donations from prison and financing works for poor neighborhoods in different parts of Paraguay.
According to drug experts from Paraguay, northeastern land border - where Peacock based his fortress - it is the bridge of cocaine and marijuana trafficking to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
A "king" in misery
As in many prisons in Latin America, Tacumbú are prisoners who, because of the large amount of people sleep on the floor, hungry, cold and riots are the order of the day. But Chimenes Peacock paid for his safety.
According revealed some prisoners, care for him was a privilege, both for selected inmates to do so, as for prison guards.
A former prisoner, Osvaldo Arias engineer, assured, speaking to television, the VIP pavilion Brazilian was agreed upon payment of $ 5,000, plus a weekly fee of $ 600.
These payments were entitled to visits at any time of girlfriends, family and friends, and the use of cell phones and all the internet technology.
In the foreign flag of the hell are privileged prisoners who, without mattresses, "sleep on newspapers or cardboard," denounced Judge Ana María Llanes, who participated in the visit to the press.
In June "two prisoners died of hunger and cold," said a Brazilian prisoner who identified himself as Josieu. Six other internal died because of a fire.
"It's a shame what they do with it," said another prisoner, an economist convicted of the theft of a carrier. "It has a political background," he protested.
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