[5] He held portfolios of Rural Development, Archeology and Archives, Tourism, Captain of Ports, Housing, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Sports and Youth Affairs in the state cabinet.

[2] In 2015, Pacheco was convicted of assaulting a government official and sentenced to imprisonment for six months,[6] forcing him to resign from his ministerial post.

[8] Prior to the 2012 Legislative Assembly election, he left the NCP and joined the Goa Vikas Party (GVP).

[14] Several criminal cases are registered against Pacheco; he was also alleged by the United States (US) authorities of his involvement in illegal immigration of Goan youth to the US and money laundering racket.

[14] He was forced to resign from his ministerial post in the then Indian National Congress-led government, but was later given a clean chit due to absence of evidence.