Fernando Souza lives in Cascais. He is 39 years old and was arrested in Bali in the same police operation that led to the arrest of Rui Viana, a 21-year-old young footballer from Madeira caught in Jakarta with two kilograms of cocaine.
Fernando Souza is a surfer and this is not the first time he has visited the island. It is unknown what made him risk his luck. Attempting to transport drugs into a country where trafficking is punishable by death.
The ground floor of the house he shares with his father, which doubles as the headquarters of his IT company, is now silent. The family member is in shock and cannot find an explanation for what happened. “I don’t want to talk,” he told a reporter. CMnot hiding his sadness about what he is going through.
At the moment, contacts are being maintained with the authorities of Portugal and Indonesia, but the possibility of extradition appears to be excluded. Rui and Fernando will have to serve their sentences in a Jakarta prison, which could be up to 20 years in prison without the possibility of parole.
Author: Madalena Sales, Tanya Laranjo This Sergio A. Vitorino
Source: CM Jornal
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