Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (EFE) Unified Association of Civil Guards, the local Fuerza Canaria party and the Aguaiuris consumer association-, but they do make up a single accusation.
In an order notified that Wednesday, magistrate María de los Ángeles Lorenzo-Cáceres requires the six parties who have asked to bring the accusation to appear jointly, with the legal address of the same lawyer, presenting a single complaint and provided that deposit in advance a deposit of 2,000 euros.
The judge explains that she takes this measure in view of the “complexity” and volume of this criminal case, in order to “avoid delays or contradictions during the investigation of the case that could delay its effective conclusion.”
His decision, however, is not firm, since it is possible to appeal. In fact, a spokesman for the AUGC has announced to EFE that they plan to challenge it, because they consider that it could be problematic to combine in the same accusation the interests of such different parties, including four political parties.
Pending the appeal to the freedom of Sources
Defense sources have confirmed to EFE that the first group to request their appearance was a local party from Arona (Tenerife) Fuerza Canarias, which also expressed its intention to appeal the release of one of the main defendants, the former deputy of the PSOE Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo. So did Vox.
In the order for which he was released, the judge explained that he saw reasons to send him to preventive detention, the same thing that he had already decided with the General of the Civil Guard Francisco Espinosa, but that in the case of Fuentes Curbelo he could not take that decision because the only accusation present in the case up to that moment, the Prosecutor’s Office, had not requested any precautionary measure for him.
The head of the Investigating Court number 4 of Santa Cruz de Tenerife will assess whether the appeals against the freedom of Fuentes Curbelo are on time and if there are reasons to attend them or deny them when the appearances are formalized, sources from the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands have specified. .
In this case, for which twelve people have been arrested, a possible corruption scheme is being investigated that allegedly collected bribes from companies in exchange for facilitating access to contracts or public aid or avoiding administrative inspections.
Among those arrested and charged there are two former public officials, former deputy Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo and his nephew Taishet Fuentes.
The two were general directors of Livestock of the Government of the Canary Islands: Taishet succeeded Juan Bernardo when he took possession of his seat in Congress and remained in office until last summer, when he was dismissed for loss of confidence.
