The former boss of SEPI, the “plumber” of the PSOE and partner of Cerdán, sold his influence for money, cars and properties

The three men were detained by the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard as part of an investigation which remains subject to summary secrecy.

According to sources in the file revealed to EL ESPAÑOL, the National Court is investigating the three men for alleged acts of corruption through a vast network of contacts within the government of Pedro Sanchez and in various public administrations, both regional and local.

In the case of the former president of SEPI, very close to the Minister of Finance, Maria Jesus Monterothe UCO believes that he received cash bribes and numerous gifts in the form of real estate. Some of them, in Marbella.

For his part, the plumber of the PSOE, among other commissions, would have invoiced their services in kind. Among them, two cars this would have been paid by the companies that contracted the network.

Antxon Alonso, Cerdán’s partner in the small construction company Servinabar, of which the politician acquired 45%, allegedly used this company to collect part of the bribes and other companies, to hide the agreed commissions.

Among these companies is Next Generation Caliope Innova SL. It is a renewable energy company linked to Aragonese companies Forestalia And Sumelzo and which he would have received in exchange for using his influences to favor them.

This company has assets of more than two million euros and has not charged a single euro in recent years.

The efforts of Forestalia and Sumelzo, as revealed by EL ESPAÑOL, included contacts with the Ministry of Ecological Transition (Miteco).

Furthermore, this newspaper was able to verify that Antxón Alonso also acted as an intermediary for these two companies (and others) within the regional and municipal governments of the region. PSOE, PNV, EH Bildu And Geroa Bai.

It is worth remembering that Antxon Alonso was the one who organized the meeting of Pedro Sánchez and Santos Cerdán with Arnaldo Otegi in a hamlet in the Basque Country a few days before the motion of censure against Mariano Rajoy.

This Thursday, the UCO continued to carry out searches of homes and company headquarters, including the State Company of Industrial Participations (SEPI), Walk, Enusa and the aforementioned Forestalia.

The Civil Guard is investigating, in the case of SEPI and the companies in which it invests, allegations of irregularities in several public contracts, in which there may have been corruption.

In total, so far they have been 19 records those which were carried out between last Wednesday and Thursday. The Civil Guard seized various documents and mobile and computer devices.

This Saturday, at ten o’clock in the morning, the three detainees will be brought to court to give their testimony before the first magistrate of Central Court number 6 of the National Court, Antonio Piña.

The network used, as the UCO suspects, the La Bola bar in Seville to launder much of the money it earned from its work with the companies.

This is a store owned by Vicente Fernández, which recorded a significant increase in its accounts during the 2023 financial year. It increased its turnover by 29%, to nearly 387,000 euros.

One of the most striking things about this store is that free cash flow increased by 700%. From 9,000 euros to 56,000 euros from 2022 to 2023, last year available for accounts in the commercial register.

Pending the lifting of the secrecy of the legal procedure, the companies involved refused to comment on the type of information that the Civil Guard had requested from them.

In the case of Forestalia, it published a press release on Thursday evening ensuring that it maintains “full collaboration” with the authorities and that it “exercises total normality in its professional activities”.

The Samper Aragonese family business is accused of hiring, along with the family Sumelzoto Antxon Alonso to exert its influence with Miteco, regional governments and town halls to create a 270-kilometer electric highway between Navarre and the Basque Country.

As this newspaper reported, Cerdán’s associate managed to arrange a meeting at the Palacio de Navarra on November 6, 2023 with the vice president. Felix Tabernathe president of Forestalia, Fernando Samperand the directors of this renewable company Carlos Ontañón, Luis Marruedo And Julio Tejedor.

The objective of the meeting, in which the Minister of Rural Development and Environment of the Government of Navarra also participated, Jose Maria Aierdiwas to facilitate permits to launch the Forestalia project.