Capitão Guimarães

Capitão Guimarães
Ailton Guimarães Jorge
Born
Ailton Guimarães Jorge

(1941-11-24)24 November 1941
Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil
OccupationsIllegal lottery operator, LIESA president
Known forInvolvement in Jogo do Bicho, President of LIESA
Criminal chargeInvolvement in illegal lottery operations
Criminal penaltySentenced to six years in prison (later granted parole)

Ailton Guimarães Jorge (Rio de Janeiro, 24 November 1941), better known as Capitão Guimarães, is an illegal lottery operator (bicheiro) and the patron of samba school Unidos de Vila Isabel. He has been the president of the Independent League of Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro (LIESA) from 1987 to 1993 and 2001–2007. An armed forces officer during the period of the military dictatorship, he is accused of participating in torture proceedings against political prisoners. After leaving the Army, he became a banker of the Jogo do Bicho.

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