[4] He intended to resigned on 10 March 1997, after four Venezuelan bankrobbers had escaped from the Koraal Specht prison.
[5] A parliamentary report on the state of the prison system led to Atacho's resignation on 24 March 1998.
[8] In 2002 Atacho was informateur and formateur for the first cabinet of Prime Minister Etienne Ys.
[14] In 2014 Atacho left the Party for the Restructured Antilles, stating he wished to end his political career.
[8] In April 2017, after a motion was adopted in the Estates of Curaçao to limit the role of the Governor of Curaçao in the formation process, Atacho stated that the motion would be difficult to ignore and deemed it logical that the Estates should pick its own informateur.