The titular magistrate of the Investigating Court No. 13 of Madrid, Alfredo Barrera, accepted this Saturday a provisional release with the precautionary measures of withdrawal of passport, ban on leaving the national territory and obligation to appear in court every two weeks. … detained in connection with the Plus Ultra case who were presented before the judge early in the morning
Legal sources consulted by ABC explain that the judge also agreed to recuse himself in favor of the president of the Court of Instruction number 15, Esperanza Collazos, who is the one who hears the case. The debates remain secret.
It should be remembered that last Thursday the two senior officials of Plus Ultra were arrested, the owner of the company, Julio Martínez, and the CEO, Roberto Roselli. The third in question, arrested a day later, is businessman Julio Martínez Martínez, who has no working relationship with the airline but is allegedly involved in the money laundering case.
The indicted airline received a €53 million bailout from SEPI in 2021, in a controversial operation. Some information then indicated that it was the direct intervention of former government president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero which ultimately made it possible to achieve this rescue.
The Spanish company was rescued by the government and singled out for its links to the Venezuelan regime. ABC had already reported earlier this year that Anti-Corruption believed the public ransom had been used for a money laundering scheme, operated from Mauritius.
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