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|    Marcella Lang
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More Less | | | | PRO-level points: 24, Questions answered: 37, Questions asked: 193 | | Wire transfer, Money order | Sample translations submitted: 1 Portuguese to English: Witness imprisoned by mistake
Detailed field: General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | Source text - Portuguese
Brasil
31/1/2005 - Testemunha fica presa por engano
Fonte: O Globo On Line
http://www.uj.com.br/online/noticias/Default.asp?action=noticia&idnoticia=28857
Dono de uma empresa falida de segurança, Everaldo José de Souza, de 50 anos, passou sete meses preso, acusado de um crime que nunca cometeu: tráfico internacional de drogas. Na cadeia, conviveu com assaltantes, traficantes, homicidas, bicheiros, doleiros e até empresários estrangeiros envolvidos em sonegação fiscal. Enfrentou duas rebeliões, apanhou na cela, foi jurado de morte e abandonado pela família.
No último dia 21, a Justiça Federal o absolveu e o aconselhou a entrar para o programa de proteção a testemunhas. Na verdade, Souza nunca foi réu, mas sim testemunha da prisão de uma quadrilha internacional de traficantes nigerianos e brasileiros, que ajudou a desmantelar.
- A sociedade tirou minha dignidade e me privou da cidadania, sem ao menos me dar o direito de defesa. Agora, não me interessa entrar para nenhum programa de proteção, porque a única coisa que preciso é de um emprego - diz o ex-empresário.
O drama vivido por Souza foi motivado pelo desespero. Passando por sérias necessidades financeiras, ele deixou-se aliciar por traficantes e aceitou um convite para ser `mula` (pessoa paga para sair do país com drogas). Os criminosos o convenceram a engolir cápsulas de cocaína para levar à Grécia, em troca de R$ 5 mil. Na hora do embarque, porém, Souza arrependeu-se, fugiu e avisou a polícia, entregando a droga. A quadrilha acabou presa uma semana depois, graças às pistas que o ex-empresário forneceu. Por ter demonstrado arrependimento e colaborado com a Justiça, Souza estava livre de processo.
Mas os problemas dele, que imaginava terem terminado, estavam apenas começando. Revoltados com a traição, outros integrantes da quadrilha passaram a procurá-lo para matá-lo. Assustado, Souza fugiu para Minas Gerais. Enquanto estava escondido ele recebeu várias intimações para depor como testemunha no inquérito sobre a prisão dos traficantes. Porém, como não foi encontrado, teve a prisão preventiva decretada.
Seis meses após o episódio, Souza retornou a São Paulo e, alguns dias depois, parado em uma blitz policial descobriu que estava sendo procurado pela Justiça por não ter atendido às intimações. Detido, foi colocado na cadeia de uma delegacia, porque a Polícia Federal, responsável pelas investigações de tráfico internacional, estava em greve em maio de 2004. Souza foi levado para o 87º Distrito (Pereira Barreto), justamente a mesma delegacia para onde havia sido mandado um dos integrantes da quadrilha que ajudou a desmantelar. O ex-empresário foi espancado na cela. Ele conseguiu liberdade provisória em dezembro passado.
| Translation - English
Translation - English
31/012005 – Witness imprisoned by mistake
Everaldo José de Souza, 50 years old, owner of a bankrupt security company , spent 7 months in prison, accused of a crime that he never committed: international drug trafficking. In prison, he lived with muggers, traffickers, murderers, lottery ticket-vendors, money launderers and foreign businessmen involved in tax fraud. He faced two riots, got beaten up, was threatened with death and abandoned by his family.
On 21 January last, the Federal Justice acquitted him and advised him to enter in a witness protection program. In fact, Mr Souza was never a criminal, but he was a prison witness against an international gang of Nigerian and Brazilian traffickers, that he helped to dismantle.
Society has taken my dignity and has deprived me of citizenship, without giving me the right to defend myself. Now, I am not interested in entering any protection program, because the only thing I need is a job - said the ex-businessman.
The drama lived out by Mr Souza was a product of desperation. Suffering serious financial difficulties, he allowed himself to be allured by traffickers, and accepted an invitation to be a “ “mule” (person paid to leave the country with drugs). The criminals convinced him to swallow the cocaine capsules to take to Greece in exchange for R$ 5000,00 (five thousand Reais). However, at boarding time Mr Souza changed his mind, ran away, informed the police and handed the drugs. over. The gang ended up in prison a week later, thanks to the information given by the ex businessman. Because he demonstrated regret and helped the Justice, Mr Souza was free of the process.
But the problems that he thought had ended were just starting. Upset by the treachery, other members of the gang started to search for him to kill him. Scared, Mr Souza ran away to Minas Gerais. While in hiding, he had various summons to testify as a witness at the trial about the prison of the traffickers. However, because he was not found, a warrant was put out for his arrest.
Six months later, Mr Souza returned to São Paulo, and a few days later, while stopped in a routine check point, he discovered that he was being sought by the Justice Department because he had not answered the summons. He was detained at a police station, because the Federal Police, responsible for the investigation into international drug trafficking, was on a strike in May 2004. Mr Souza was taken to the 87th District (Pereira Barreto), the same police station where one of the members of the gang was also being detained. The ex business man was beaten up in the prison cell. He was given provisional freedom last December.
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I am a member of the New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters (NZSTI). I recently completed a MPS (Honours) degree in Translation at The University of Auckland and I hold a Certificate in Translation Studies and Interpreting.
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- Interpreting and Translation Services - ITS - CMDHB
- Pacific International Translations Ltd
- Translogicon
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