An instructive debate on the drug dealing case of Portugal’s biggest drug dealer, known as Xuxa, has been scheduled for this Wednesday and has been rescheduled for June 14th.
Rubén Oliveira’s defense has demanded the removal of Judge Carlos Alexandre from the trial in a statement sent to the Lisbon Court of Appeal. The magistrate is alleged to have committed several crimes during the investigation phase, namely forgery and evasion. Judge Carlos Alexandre is in charge of an instructive debate that was due to start this Wednesday at the Campus de Justiça in Lisbon.
Among the defenses that asked to open the instruction is the “Xuxa” defense, which believes that there was data that was obtained illegally, namely messages carried out through an encrypted communication system.
The leader of an international smuggling network in Portugal, he also cooperated with Brazil and smuggled cocaine to various ports in the country, as well as to Lisbon airport.