The UCO (Central Operative Unit of the Civil Guard) is going to Correos (the Spanish postal service) and the Ministries of Finance and Ecological Transition regarding the Leire Díez corruption case.
The agents are seeking information from files related to the investigation that led to the arrest of the former PSOE member.
BarcelonaAgents from the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard appeared this Friday at the headquarters of Correos (the Spanish postal service) and the Ministries of Finance and Ecological Transition to request documentation as part of an investigation. the plot involving former socialist activist Leire DíezAccording to what has been reported The Country And sources close to the investigation confirm to ARA that what the UCO is seeking are specific administrative files.
"It wasn't a search, but exclusively a formal request for information," clarify sources from the Ministry for Ecological Transition, who assure that there has been "full cooperation" and that all the required documentation has been handed over. They also emphasize that the files provided were processed with "all the necessary guarantees and following the established procedures."
In addition to Correos (the Spanish postal service) and the aforementioned ministries, the UCO has also sought information at the headquarters of agencies such as Patrimonio del Estado (State Heritage), which reports to the Ministry of Finance. All of this is part of the operation under seal ordered by the National Court, within which Díez, the former president of SEPI (the Spanish State Holding Company) Vicente Fernández, and others have been arrested. businessman Antxon AlonsoThe Central Court Number 6 ordered 19 searches and information requests this Thursday, similar to those carried out at the headquarters of SEPI and Enusa. Díez worked for a time at this company, as well as at Correos (the Spanish postal service). The PP (People's Party) wants a plenary session on the PSOE's (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) "systemic corruption."
The information requests arrive after Five arrests related to the PSOE made public in 24 hoursThis has led the PP to demand an extraordinary plenary session on the "systemic corruption" of the Spanish government for next week.
"Spain cannot spend its days amid raids, arrests and imprisonment of socialist leaders while Pedro Sánchez shuts himself away in Moncloa," the Popular Party leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, wrote in a tweet.