The Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil has confirmed that José Luis Ábalos, former Minister of Transport, and his advisor Koldo García intervened before the Ministries of Industry of Reyes Maroto and Ecological Transition of Teresa Ribera to facilitate the obtaining of the operating license for the hydrocarbon company Villafuel, linked to Víctor de Aldama. This emerges from a 182-page report dated December 3 to which he had access Infobaewhich details the distribution of one million euros in commissions and the direct involvement of high-ranking ministry officials.
The UCO document states that Koldo García maintained direct contacts with him Juan Ignacio Diaz BidartChief of Staff of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, and with Marc Isaac PonsChief of Staff of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. For his part, Víctor de Aldama acted as an intermediary with Manuel García Hernández, director general of the General Directorate of Energy Policy and Mines. The report contains news that researchers say supports Ábalos’ support for the necessary steps to obtain the license.
Messages intercepted by the Guardia Civil show that after the purchase of a chalet in La Alcaidesa and the formalization of the sale before a notary by the owner of Villafuel, the criminal group’s environment directly linked this donation to the success of the operation.
The report includes the perspectives of those involved on the connection between the purchase of an apartment and the granting of official approval. “The connection between the purchase of the house and the strong belief of the members of the criminal organization that they would receive approval as a wholesaler was perceived by those around them as a direct cause-and-effect connection, a circumstance that was spontaneously expressed as such.” “Son of a bitch, the whoremaker.” It was about stealing the house and he pushed the button‘”. According to the UCO, this type of message shows that the interlocutors attributed the granting of the permit to the previous purchase of the house intended by the minister.
The report also includes conversations between associates of Claudio Rivas, the criminal organization’s top leader, coinciding with the day Pedro Sánchez fired Ábalos as transport minister. In these messages, Aldama informed the group of the dismissal and expressed calm, suggesting that the operation would continue despite the departure of its main supporter. One of the partners of the owner of Villafuel explained: “Of course the whoremonger would finally destroy the PSOE“, which, according to the UCO, shows that there were guarantees of success in obtaining the license.
The Guardia Civil report indicates that the investigation made it possible to identify the circumstances in which the regulatory approval for Villafuel SL was obtained between September 2020 and December 2024. According to the document, Claudio Rivas requested the mediation of Víctor Gonzalo de Aldama Delgado in order to gain the influence of José Luis Ábalos and force him to intervene in the relevant ministerial bodies, with the aim of speeding up the issuance of the authorization and preventing compliance with the requirements. legal, in exchange for economic compensation.
The UCO has confirmed that Claudio Rivas generated one through the utility company Have Got Time SL The alleged millionaire fraud is estimated at 49.2 million euros according to the Ministry of Finance in 2021 and 2022. Part of these funds was allocated to pay about one million euros to buy the will of officials and penetrate the structures of the administration in order to gain influence in exchange for gifts and illegal compensation.
On July 26, 2019, when José Luis Ábalos was Minister of Development, he sent a letter to the incumbent President of the Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaJuan Guaidó, in which he provided them with “all the public companies and the internationally recognized prestige that they could need, as well as the Private companies that we can recommend ourselves“.
This is clear from the letter that accompanies it Current report from the Central Operational Unit (OCU) of the Civil Guard on the hydrocarbon attack, concluding that Claudio Rivas and the Commission agent Víctor de Aldama allocated “about one million euros” for it Bribes for former minister José Luis Ábalos and other officials to obtain regulatory approval that would enable the company to operate Villafuel SL active as a hydrocarbon wholesaler.
See you on February 4, 2019 Venezuelan opposition leader He was recognized by Spain and other European countries as Venezuela’s “responsible president” after the Nicolás Maduro government set a deadline for calling new elections. Four months later, in July, Ábalos told the Venezuelan leader’s team that he would provide them with “all the companies he might need” and that he had dispatched them Victor de Aldama to act as a direct link between both parties.
“It is our goal Strengthening cultural and economic tieswith the aim of strengthening relationships in the recovery phase, which we all hope will soon arrive. At this time, we will provide Venezuela with all the public companies with internationally recognized reputation that it may need, as well as the private companies that we ourselves can recommend,” Ábalos wrote, adding that for this reason “we have sent Víctor de Aldama with the order not only to send you this letter, but also to send you this letter.” serve as a link in our relationships.”
The UCO states that this “responsibility” indicates that the relationship between Ábalos and Aldama was one of “trust,” but that it “must have been developed earlier.” “The relationship between Víctor De Aldama and José Luis Ábalos can objectively placed on July 26, 2019. However (…) the responsibility assumed with this order suggests that this relationship of trust was already established earlier,” summarizes the Guardia Civil.
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