“He was a hustler, and he was always in bars.”

Then it was collected By the Council of Manuel Chavez And later by Francisco Toscanothe powerful former socialist mayor of Dos Hermanas. From there, to Peugeot, to become a representative of Seville in Congress for a year and then to head the government.

That man, Paco Salazar, managed to trigger two serious crises in the Spanish government and the Socialist Workers Party in the same year. On both occasions he did so Slaughtering what socialism was most proud of: its feminist rhetoric.

The first scandal occurred after complaints of sexual harassment by women with whom he shared a work space., This only became apparent when Sanchez announced that he would appoint him second in the Socialist Executive to replace him. Santos Cerdan.

The second, these days, is to Party inaction In their support, even though they denounced it about half a year ago.

It is five o’clock on a rainy and unpleasant afternoon in Montellano. Three middle-aged women sit on the covered terrace of the Gastrobar restaurant km 0. They meet and drip-drop, but in five seconds they strike up a conversation that begins as if they’ve been meeting for hours.

It’s their moment and it’s almost painful to interrupt them, but over their coffee, the three answer the question in unison. They complement each other in their answers, giving them while waving their hands, Andalusian style, in a quick flutter that is understandable even in opposites: “Take, take away.”

– AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha It doesn’t come that way.

-And don’t come.

– No, he can’t.

Nineteen years without an appearance in his hometown is a lot, but in the small town Paco Salazar has not been forgotten. Absolutely.

Even those who were children when he was mayor have not forgotten him. “When he left here I was 12 years old, I don’t remember anything. But What did he do with the conspiracies?… We all know it was a scandal,” recounts a tavern owner in the town.

Barely thirty years old, he asserts that Salazar “left here with a gun,” and that what he knows today through the media “seems to me like… Very unbelievable, very unbelievableI have come to believe that he is doing this on purpose, so they can fire him, because he has more things behind him.

Of the three women who drink coffee, Two of Salazar’s victims. For conspiracies.

Drama piece

March 18, 2023. It is the day, for which there is evidence, that Francisco Salazar returns to Montellano after many years. He did so when he received In recognition of his struggle in the local PSOE party. Although in fact his record has been in the Dos Hermanas party for years.

“He arrived in his car, entered, was present at the event and then left. This is the place he cannot come to,” a source with political connections to the Montellano City Council explained to EL ESPAÑOL.

Question: – For what reasons?

The answer: In exchange for the money he collected to legalize some rural lands. The money he raised never showed up.

Because he continues: “If you organize your plot Put your savings, or apply for a loanand then they don’t regulate it and you no longer see the money, what is that called?

In Montellano, the name Francisco Salazar sparks anger. A lot of anger. “He can’t come because More than 200 families donated thousands of euros They stopped him and asked him about the money. Not even for a beer.”

For 200 families and being mayor, Paco Salazar sent them a messagewhich EL ESPAÑOL has been able to reach, which begins without gender divisions. With a “dear friend”.

In it, he offered his neighbors the possibility of organizing their plots of land, some of which had been built up, for this purpose Write it down and codify it. He explained that he would do so thanks to the agreement reached with the Public Works Department of the Andalusian government at the time.

“I can guarantee that this will be done at the lowest cost, affordable to all people regardless of the size of their piece of land,” he wrote and signed.

“They are plots of land from one of the scattered areas of Montellano. About 600 or 700 rural plots, and Part of them are on the Camino Real. “What was implemented, without the city council being competent to collect anything, is that they paid one euro per square meter and the building fine.”

With this, “Salazar said everything will be legal.” “The neighbors paid, the plots were never regulated, and today they are part of the urbanization of El Pinto.” Nearly 3 million euros“This is a source linked to the municipal corporation of the Montellano City Council in exchange for anonymity,” says this source.

Overnight, Salazar disappeared. He did it Halfway through the company’s mandate. They dismantled the collection office they had set up and left the mayor’s office in the hands of the urban planning consultant, Kuru Gill.

The office received legal advice from the law firm Tournai Law Firm is made up of two sisters“, adds this source. “Salazar and Tournai left the brown color for Coro Gil. Then Coro was a candidate for mayor and of course he lost.”

Izquierda’s Unida party won the following municipal elections. “The mayor ordered Auditor’s report Who supervised the work of that conscription office during the years from 2005 to 2010, and we know that he transferred it to the Public Prosecution. The audit, which this newspaper was able to access, reveals a number of violations.

“But in the meantime, pacts and agreements were negotiated between the Socialist Workers’ Party and the International Federation at the regional level and this came to nothing. There was no investigation, no conviction, and no trialBut the people of Montellano never got their money back.”

Now, with the Paco Salazar scandal, many in Montellano are afraid. But not people. “Specifically the Socialist Socialist Workers’ Party.” The municipality is again ruled by socialists.

The city’s mayor is none other than Coro Gil, the urban planning delegate to whom Salazar left the baton. “That was like A ghost from the past Everyone believed that he would not rise.

Public offices

Salazar is Agricultural technical engineer He obtained his doctorate from the University of Seville, then graduated in political science from UNED. He also took a course in senior management of social enterprises at the San Telmo Institute in Seville.

According to his CV, he also completed a master’s degree in environmental management at the Environmental Research Institute, based in Malaga.

To PSOE She joined in 1992. From 1998 to 2000, he was Director of the Vía Verde de la Sierra Federation and, until 2003, Director of the Vía Verde de la Sierra Foundation. Then he became mayor.

The third woman standing in front of the café recounts that, when Salazar was Montellano’s first authority, she worked “in… Municipal workshop as a dance teacher. “He paid for me from the graffiti workshop subsidy.”

Thus, “if I wanted to get paid, I had to sign. It didn’t seem right to me, and he even told me I either signed it or I wasn’t getting paid, because that’s what he could offer me. In the end, I ended up leaving him.”

“We’re not surprised at all,” says another. “At City Hall, at the party, he caused destruction. It happened “Little Taliban” He was tired of the elbow. I always was of bars and was a crook. dress”.

She recalls how she met “senior officials of the Socialist Workers’ Party of Seville in a reserved room at the Andalo Hotel, at the entrance to the city. Cars and cars came.”

Municipal politicians remember him from his time as mayor “as a man of skill and strength. Also intelligent and manipulative.”

With the local Socialist Workers Party at that time, Salazar’s relationship was never good. He stayed with the party leadership and his colleagues did not realize it. So it is true that he was mayor for 5 years, but At the expense of local group shipping. “He didn’t treat them well.”

Family

Salazar is married Daughter of the former secretary of the city council He had two daughters and a son. Then, after many years, they separated.” In the village They are unknown Attitudes Like the one that caused his downfall.”

Thus they assert, “This must come from another time. He was separated, and when he was free, well… he behaved differently.” It will not be tolerated. “Everyone was going to find out.”

His wife’s family is called the “Trustees” of Montellano. “there are many, Everything related to PSOE. Some of them also worked at the Dos Hermanas racetrack, like Salazar himself.

After the trip, Paco Salazar spent a year as Commissioner of Historical Memory for the Andalusian Junta, appointed by Manuel Chavez. Next, stop at what is known as the “Great Andalusian Hippodrome”. His time in this Andalusian equestrian enclave helped him, years later, to be appointed manager of La Zarzuela racecourse.

His appointment to First Nazareth Raceway is exactly that Investigates UCOat the request of the judge of the Investigative Court No. 2 of Dos Hermanas: receive a salary from the municipality while you are already in Madrid with Pedro Sánchez.

Alvaro is the owner of Bar Los Cantaros, in central Montellano. Serving coffee by the slice, it has a loyal following of the historic, family-run bar, where homemade meals are available as well as breakfast and snacks. “It seems to me that Salazar is a fool,” he shot back.

“His brother-in-law and his wife are still here. His wife is a very good person. “Of course, when he (Salazar) came here he was always there, he had a good spirit and good words.” He hadn’t visited Montellano for at least ten years, and if he came it was incognito. I I’m so sorry for your motherwho must suffer a lot and is a good woman.

Between coffee, colacao, and carajillo, the man asserts that “what he did here has no name. No one reported or complained about the conspiracies because that was illegal and those affected were afraid.” Regarding current news, he confirms that he believes “they are.” Taking a scapegoat To make you dizzy that the PSOE, that is, Pedro Sánchez, has a brother and his wife… This is so unbelievable that it must be distracting.”

Álvaro finished his speech and prepared to “talk about the good things he also had, although they were few.” During his tenure as mayor, the Andalusian Junta intended to build a high school that would go to El Coronel, another nearby town. He set about doing so. Calls and calls And he built it here. He was also responsible for implementing the business incubator. Politeness does not detract from courage.”