[2] At 35 years of age, Marcola had already spent half of his life in prison, where he claimed to have read more than 3,000 books (particularly influenced by Dante) and took basic education there.

[3] Marcola's brother, Alejandro Juvenal Herbas Camacho Jr., is a criminal associated with the PCC and is one of the most wanted members by the Federal Police, having escaped prison in 2001.

Under the leadership of Marcola, the PCC was reorganised in a more structured and hierarchical fashion, and revenues were increased through imposing the payment of monthly dues by members.

[4] Marcola is also responsible for causing 29 prison riots in 2001 and for the murder of Judge Antônio José Machado Dias, known for his opposition to the PCC as well as running the Penitentiary Readaptation Center in Presidente Bernardes, São Paulo.

[4] The violence led to Marcola's transfer to the Mauricio Henrique Guimaraes Pereira Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison in Presidente Venceslau.