The police chief investigating Boye says he “directed” the recovery of money from “Sito Minanko's organization.”

The police chief investigating Boye says he “directed” the recovery of money from “Sito Minanko's organization.”

The National Police inspector who testified in connection with “Operation Mito”, the attempt by historic drug trafficker Sito Miñanco to bring four tons of cocaine into Spain, assured before the Tribunal this Monday that El abogado Gonzalo Boye He “redirected” the plan to try to recover about €900,000 bir la confiscated the organization.

Boye, a lawyer for former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, sits in the dock with 47 others – among them his own Sito Minanco.

The president of the Tercera Penal Division, Alfonso Guevara, a veteran in these areas, listed one accused in custody in Dakar (Senegal), another who did not appear (a search and arrest warrant was issued) and the absence of a third. was in the forensic medical examination.

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Guevara accepted arguments from anti-narcotics prosecutors Angel Bodoque and Cristina López Amat that the absence of those defendants did not affect the prosecution of others, and after hearing brief explanations of previous issues to be resolved in the sentencing, he continued. de las pruebas. Los accusados ​​announced the final.

The first responder to the public accusation was the instructor of the investigations conducted by the police between 2016 and 2018.

It should be noted that the investigation began after observing that Jose Ramón Prado Bugallo, better known as Sito Minanco, was using the fact that he was in the open prison system in the Algeciras (Cádiz) penitentiary center. drug trafficking – “to return to his criminal activity” “.

“Sito Miñanco is an empresario del táfico de drogas y There is no organization in Spain as strong as yours“, dijo el agent. “Helps to connect with telecommunications professionals. Y abogados,” he said.

Arropado by Junts

One of them, Gonzalo Boye, le escuchaba sentado en la quinta fila del nutrido benchquillo, aunque, por su condición de letrado, hubiera podido situarse en los estrados. “No privilege, solo quiero justicia”, manifested.

Boye repeated it “I am accused of doing my job as a lawyer here.”.

Accompanying him to the seat of the National Audiencia, twenty leaders of the Junts of Catalunya – among them Jordi Turull, former president Quim Torra and speakers in Congress and the Senate, Miriam Nogueras and Eduard Pujol – expressed que es. “Montage with clear political motives” y que Boye no estária en el banquillo si no fuera el abogado de Puigdemont.

The police officer in charge of 'Operation Mito' explained it very differently. He explained that on February 6, 2017 (that is, before the autumn events of the same year), customs agents confiscated 889,620 euros at the Madrid Barajas airport. Police detained a number of people linked to Sito Minanco's organization, including Manuel Pedro González Rubio, Boye's former client.

“This money is from Jose Ramon,” said the inspector. It contradicts Boyen's defense thesis De que los fondos pertenecían a González Rubio y llevaba a Columbia para un negocio empresarial lícito.

“El dinero se lo da Enrique García Arango [considerado mano derecha de Sito Miñanco] Manuel Puentes Saavedra, together with Nelson Pascuas, is the coordination of Colombia to restore the Colombian organization. Saavedra and Nelson brought these people to the airport, where they are waiting for the baggage check. En el acta [de la aprehensión] González Rubio is a dinero figure. Pay attention to the prevention of conversations and the provision of vigilance”.

“No problem,” added the inspector. “Un hecho de estos provoca que la gente hable y empezaron a tender.” Conversations muy prove que ponen de manifest que ese dinero es de José Ramón“.

Sito Miñanco said “de más confianza” “empezó a decir que había que recuperar el dinero y para eso contratan a un par de abogados”. One of them is Boye.

“Fake” documents

“Los abogados no les están ayudando desde un point de vista professional juridical China que están falsando documentso para recuperar dinero que viene del drogas táfico, de lo que son plemente conscientes“, the police said.

In one of the interviews, one of the Colombians detained at the airport with money, expareja de Puentes Saavedra, told González Rubio that “the way they tried to get the money back was not possible because they used onos pagarés. sido intervenido por tráfico de drogas en otras dilgencias”.

“Quedaba claro”, remachó el police, “que lo que estaban haciendo no era ajustado a derecho, estaban falsificando documents para poder recuperar un dinero que venia del traffic de drogas. No viene de una empresa o de otros negocios”.

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– La persona que ellos contactaron y de la que hablaban y que dirigía cómo justifyar el tema del dinero You can use Boye, aseguró el inspector at other times.

It is expected that the agent continues to declare this Tuesday. You can get the best results.