It will now assess the requests of Vox and Fuerza Canaria Unida Democrática for the provisional detention of ‘Tito Berni’
MADRID, 22 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The judge of the so-called ‘Mediator case’ has admitted that the PP, PSOE and Vox exercise the popular accusation in the investigation that is being followed against the former socialist deputy Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo, alias ‘Tito Berni’, as the alleged leader of an alleged plot that he dedicated himself to collecting bribes in exchange for political favors.
Legal sources have confirmed to Europa Press that the head of the Investigating Court Number 4 of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has agreed to also admit the appearance of Fuerza Canaria Unida Democrática, the Unified Association of Civil Guards (AUGC) and the Organization of Users and Consumers of Waters (Aguauris).
The same sources have specified that magistrate Ángeles Lorenzo-Cáceres has summoned the popular accusations now admitted to pay a bail of 2,000 euros. As they have indicated, they will all be considered persons in a “unified, joint and simultaneous” manner under the legal direction of a single lawyer.
The decision of the head of the Court takes place after the nephew of ‘Tito Berni’ and former director of Livestock of the Canary Islands, Taishet Fuentes Gutiérrez, asked him to bring together in the same accusation PSOE, PP and Vox and the other parties that had asked to appear, according to a letter to which Europa Press had access.
On the sidelines, the sources consulted have assured that the judge will now review the request made by Vox and the Canary Islands party to order the provisional detention of the investigated former deputy. It should be remembered that the magistrate could not agree on it at the time because the only accusation then, the Prosecutor’s Office, did not request it as a precautionary measure.
This is the latest move in what is now known as the ‘Mediator case’, where the alleged existence of a network headed by ‘Tito Berni’, his nephew Taishet Fuentes Gutiérrez, the Canarian businessman Antonio Navarro Tacoronte and General Francisco Espinosa who allegedly dedicated to collecting bribes in exchange for political favors.
The plot would be made up of a criminal organization “formed mainly by three pillars and a clear link between all those investigated.” It would have “a perfectly structured and defined hierarchy, with a clear division of functions and dedicated to the commission of crimes related to corruption such as bribery and influence peddling.”
According to the investigators, the group pursued “an obvious lucrative purpose by obtaining economic enrichment as well as different personal benefits as a result of illegal actions.”
