According to newspaper SME he was considered the "gray eminence" of the Slovak Secret Service under Ivan Lexa.
Svěchota studied law and began his career in the communist Secret Service as an agent, working for the headquarters in Bratislava.
Rumors suggest that it was Svěchota who gave Sýkora the order to assassinate Róbert Remiáš.
He gave testimony in the cases of Kidnapping of the Slovak President's son, Assassination of Róbert Remiáš and many more.
He was hospitalised in Kramáre Hospital in Bratislava one month before his death and he was supposed to undergo a spine surgery.