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Pele's son could be murdered in jail
Brazilian authorities fear former goalkeeper Edson Cholbi do Nascimento "Edinho," son of soccer legend Pele, and arrested for his supposed links to drug traffic, be assassinated in jail by members of a rival ring, according to local reports on Wednesday.
This was mentioned after the police intercepted telephone call from members of a jail mafia, supposedly threatening to kill the members of the criminal organization with which Edinho had ties. Edinho, goalkeeper of Santos in the 1990s, was arrested last week on Monday along with 51 other individuals in an operation against a drug-trafficking ring in the cities of Santos, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian police said it has recordings showing Edinho had links with pusher known as Naldinho, accused of leading such criminal organization. Naldinho, who also was arrested, would be the leader of a ring that is the rival of the group known as the First Capital Command (PCC), one of the biggest criminal organizations of Brazil, operating in the jails of Sao Paulo state's prisons. According to police sources cited by daily O Dia, PCC members, whose telephone conversations were recorded, supposedly threatened to kill Naldinho and Pele's son. Although Edinho has admitted he did wrong to relate himself with pushers, and accepted to spend three years in jail, his lawyers claim evidence against his client is not enough to prove his ties with Naldinho's band.
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