Thomas SantosAnd the An actor who gained media attention in the youth series strawberry with sugar In 2007, he is currently serving 11 years in prison for drug smuggling. On his last perilous outing, he gave a unique interview with Julia PineroWhere he talked about his relationship with the world of trafficking and the last years he spent in prison.
Facing financial problems and a “Business that was going to collapse”Drug trafficking seems to be the only way out for the actor. “For me, it was the only possible way to try to balance the financial situation I had at the time. I was aware of the seriousness of the crime, I probably did not think I would be involved in it for a long time and never thought I would get involved in this kind of crime. My thought was: ‘.I’m only going to do it now because I need to. As fast as I can, I stop’ […] If I can hide it from everyone, I will. “He said.
However, a year passed before he was caught red-handed and detained by the authorities. At that time, in 2013, he was sentenced to nine months in prison, the sentence he served in Caxias prison. “I met a world I never thought I knew, I met a place I never thought I knew”He breathed, revealing that his family was his mainstay during this period.
However, in 2015, the actor again made the same mistake and was arrested again, this time with a more severe prison sentence: 11 years and six months. Seems like the first time I didn’t learn the lesson I should have learned […] I didn’t learn it the first time, nor did I earn the respect I ought to have in the face of the suffering I went through myself, but mainly causing others to come. Then, yeah, I made the biggest mistake of my life.”I acknowledge.
“I knew, during the process, that it was now going to be serious. My lawyer at the time was preparing for me and said the situation was not easy and with a sentence pending, the criminal framework would be dangerous […] I saw my father cry for the first time. I cried inside several times. I’ve never been able to shed a tear until today‘, he remembers.
However, after spending seven years in prison and looking at his three children, the actor admits that he feels guilty. “No one lives in prison. No life […] I blame myself every single day for these seven years. Eleven years and six months is a long sentence, it is true, but it is not the condemnation I will face, it is the guilt I will carry for the rest of my life. It has no one-year limit.”captured.
Now, Horizon is on parole. “I’ve made my run, I have no involvement, I have no penalty, I have enjoyed some risky exits, but the decision is always in the hands of the judge”He said.
Finally, Thomas Santos said that imprisonment made him a different man. “What prison does for us, we ourselves choose. We have two choices: Either we give up, get depressed and allow ourselves to go down, or we choose to be strong. I often use a phrase I tell my children, “The man I was, the man I am, and the man I’ll be are three completely different people.” And that’s right […] Prison ripens for everyone, even if a person does not want to. It is a great lesson in life and beyond this age period [na prisão] It made me more mature.”he added.
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