The prosecutor concludes that Fernández Díaz led the Kitchen to "boycott" Gürtel and maintains the 15 years in prison
The public prosecutor concludes that the operation was not looking for Bárcenas's money, but for compromising documentation for the PP's leadership
BarcelonaThe National Court Prosecutor's Office considers it proven that the former Minister of the Interior, Jorge Fernández Díaz, directly participated and had "control and management" of the "criminal parapolice operation" known as the Kitchen case. Prosecutor César de Rivas has concluded before the court that this illegal device did not aim to recover the hidden money of former PP treasurer Luis Bárcenas, but rather to "boycott" the judicial investigation of the Gürtel case and snatch "compromising" documentation for the party leadership. Based on these conclusions, the public ministry ratifies the request for 15 years in prison for Fernández Díaz, supported by the incriminating messages he exchanged with his second-in-command and by the annotations in the diaries of former commissioner José Manuel Villarejo.
