The agents of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard They carried out nearly twenty searches throughout Spain as part of Operation Leire Díez. The main points of interest are the SEPI headquarters, Mercasa, … Enusa or the apartment in Madrid where they had meetings with businessmen, investigation sources told ABC.
The National Court ordered a total of 19 searches as part of this investigation, which already includes three detainees: Leire Díez, Vicente Fernández and Joseba Antxon. UCO agents were distributed between Madrid, Seville and Zaragoza.
In the capital, civil guards are looking for information at the SEPI headquarters and on the floor of the Diego de Leon Streetwhich Vicente Fernández praised and in which Leire Díez met with businessmen to search for the “dirty laundry” of police officers, judges and prosecutors.
Another point of interest is the building Enusa. This public company is currently headed by Mariano Moreno, known as responsible for cash envelopes at the PSOE headquarters in Ferraz. The former PSOE director was questioned as a witness before the Supreme Court in the Koldo case.
It should be remembered that the public enterprise Walk The matter has already been investigated by the National Court. In fact, in 2022, Judge Santiago Pedraz agreed to open an oral trial in one of the parts of the Mercasa trial against 18 individuals and 4 traders for irregularities in the contracts signed between 2006 and 2016 for the construction of a wholesale market in Luanda (Angola), through the payment of commissions to the authorities and public officials of that country. The magistrate led the charge against each of them and imposed a bail of 22,206,894 euros.
Outside of Madrid, in Zaragoza, the epicenter of the investigations is the headquarters of Forestalia. A company dedicated to green energy where contracts are sought in public markets obtained in recent years.
A bar in Seville
Likewise, in Seville, the agents are in a bar in La Cartuja, which bears the name The ballwhich allegedly belonged to Vicente Fernández. It is suspected that this case could be used to launder money, a dynamic similar to that observed with the Franky bar: the Pamplona establishment identified by the Civil Guard.
The researchers’ objective is to obtain documentation on public procurement which were issued to certain companies between 2021 and 2023.
The investigation into this matter is part of an investigation into the Court number 6 of the National Court which remains subject to summary secrecy. After this intense Thursday of searches, the UCO will run out of time to bring the three detainees to justice.
These procedures were initiated thanks to a complaint from the anti-corruption prosecutor’s office. As revealed by ABC, last week, Antonio Balas, head of economic investigations at UCO, met with the Judge Antonio Piña to finalize the details of this major operation.
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