Agents from the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard have entered the headquarters of the General Directorate of the Civil Guard, located on Guzmán el Bueno Street. An intervention that is part of the operation coordinated by the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz that this morning He ordered entry into the PSOE headquarters in Ferraz.
Sources close to the investigation have confirmed that they have gone there in order to collect information and testimonieslinked to the plot of the “PSOE plumber” Leire Díez and the alleged rigging with the former president of the SEPI Vicente Fernández. In addition, they have questioned senior officials of the Civil Guard about the alleged leaks of cases that affected the socialists, among others, José Luis Ábalos.
According to sources of the investigation, it was the lieutenant colonel of the Department of Economic Crimes of the UCO, Antonio Balas, who appeared at the headquarters of the Armed Institute to collect those open disciplinary files and reserved information against agents who have participated or They participate in judicial investigations of the PSOE.
Pressure on judges and agents
The reason for these actions focuses on the “alleged pressure” that members of both the police and judicial spheres would have received. Pressures that were described in the recorded conversations of the “Leire case.” It should be noted that Bala’s presence at the headquarters of the General Directorate of the Civil Guard is also due to the fact that the investigation affects a former UCO agent. This is Juan Sánchez Yepes, an agent of the Civil Guard who was part of the Money Laundering group of the Central Operational Unit and who has previously testified in other cases related to hydrocarbon plots such as the ‘Gaslow case’.
The presence of the UCO in the General Directorate of the Civil Guard has occurred when The general director of Benemérita was not in the facilities. Specifically, he was at the Battle of Salado facilities presiding over the inauguration of the new head of the Community of Madrid, Brigadier General Francisco Almansa.
For the moment, the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz has charged the former Secretary of Organization of the PSOE Santos Cerdán, his lawyer, Jacobo Teijelo, the former vice president of the Andalusian Government Gaspar Zarrías, the businessman Pérez Dolset and the manager of the PSOE Ana María Fuentes.