Ed. Print CORRUPTION WITHIN THE PARTY OF SPANISH GOVERNMENT
Luis Barcenas, extesorero Popular Party. – Afp Agency
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The anti-corruption prosecutor yesterday asked a sentence of 42 years and a half in prison for extesorero of Luis Barcenas Popular Party (PP) and 110 years for the businessman Francisco Correa, the main leaders of the mega Gürtel corruption scheme linked to the party of Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy.
The application of the Public Prosecutor comes after the closing of the first tranche instruction among 1999 and 2005 in the case, being conducted by the National Court Judge Pablo Ruz.
In their paper, the prosecution accused Bárcenas of six counts: bribery, tax fraud, money laundering, forgery, embezzlement and attempted fraud trial
For the other two extesoreros PP preceding Barcenas, Alvaro Lapuerta and Angel Sanchis, the prosecutor. claimed three and eight years, respectively.
Meanwhile, the wife of Barcenas, Rosalia Iglesias, who had cooperated with the crimes of her husband, received an order for 24 years and one month in prison.
Meanwhile, businessman Francisco Correa, leader of the Gürtel network facing higher demand imprisonment of 109 years and 10 months in prison.
Also, the Prosecutor considered that both the PP and the Spanish former Minister of Health Ana Mato are partakers lucrative plot. In the case of PP, it is considered that benefited from 328,440 euros, while the resigned Minister Rajoy of 28,468.
The Ruz judge involved in the case to Mato, which is still deputy PP, for have benefited from the money that her ex-husband, Jesús Sepúlveda, former mayor of the suburb of Pozuelo appropriated. To Sepulveda ask 11 years and seven months in prison.
The mega corruption plot Gürtel was uncovered in 2009 by the Spanish former judge Baltasar Garzón, later disqualified for authorizing wiretaps between the principals involved in the case and their lawyers.
Following that came to light the “Box B” illegal funding of PP and the payment of money in black to the party leadership, including Rajoy himself was discovered.
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