Víctor de Aldama and his associates – all under investigation before the National Court for alleged crimes of belonging to a criminal organization, corruption and influence peddling – used the government of Francina Armengol in Balearic Islands for creating multi-million dollar businesses during the toughest times of the pandemic and they met with senior officials of the Government at the Ministry of Health. As revealed by the conversations held by agents of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard to which OKDIARIO had access, the plot contacted senior officials of the Balearic Health Service. Specifically, they had conversations with the former Minister of Health Patricia Gomezsenior officials of the Health Service (IB-Salut) such as Juli Fuster and Manuel Palomino and the socialist advisor Marc Pons.
“The Ministry of Health is located in the center of the city, Plaza de España 9. I’ll be waiting for you from 9:30 a.m. I don’t have an agenda.“So don’t worry,” wrote former councilor Patricia Gómez to Nacho Díaz, one of Aldama’s associates, who wanted to meet her at a meeting in Palma de Mallorca. With great insistence, those involved in the plot tried to meet with the health official in Armengol. “V“I will try to change the appointment from Friday to Thursday so that I can be there early on Friday morning and thus not take up time on your day off,” Nacho wrote to the counselor, who ended up summoning him to her home . office first thing on Friday, August 21, 2020. It is important to highlight that Gómez was a close friend and trusted person of Armengol, who was present at her wedding to former IB Director General-Salut Juli Fuster.
The day of the meeting with Patricia Gómez, Nacho Díaz was in constant contact with Víctor de Aldamato whom he informed of his movements and the success of the meeting. “If we continue like this, the Chinese will not stop making machines,” Díaz told him in another conversation intercepted by the UCO in which he referred to the Asian supplier from whom the land was supplied. Aldama replied, “Don’t stop, don’t stop.”
PCR for Balares
The meeting, as it could not be otherwise, bore fruit and, a day later, Manuel Palomino, then director of IB-Salut, wrote to Nacho Díaz to inform him of the success of the operation. “We are interested in your collaboration. We are considering screening the population. Talk later. I would also like you to send us a proposal for your reagents (sample collection and PCR),” Palomino explained via email. This message shows that the defunct Armengol government not only wanted the plot to provide it with medical supplies , but also They wanted them to do PCR and even the vaccines with which the conspiracy negotiated via Mexico.
The plot had important contacts within the Executive of the Balearic Islands. Before communicating with Patricia Gómez, they contacted the counselor Marc Pons. This man enjoys great confidence from the current president of the Congress of Deputies and is deputy spokesperson for the PSOE in the island’s Parliament. Pons He spoke with the former advisor to the minister José Luis Ábalos about the possibility of meeting at dawn. “At 9:30 I have an appointment, it could be earlier,” he told her. To which Koldo replied: “We’ll go at 6 o’clock if you want.”
Three months after meeting Patricia Gómez, Víctor de Aldama’s associate again contacted the Armengol government to promote the PCR business. In this case, they contacted Juli Fuster, husband of councilor Patricia Gómez. “Hello Julie. I hope you’re well. We have the machines ready which will give us the possibility of speed and number of tests. When you can, we will discuss and see how the project progresses. Greetings,” Tapia wrote.
To which Fuster replied: “ALL RIGHT. Always We are waiting for permits from the Spanish government Although it is possible that with what they approved to request the PCR originally, everything changes a little. “Ok, but hIt will be necessary to control access to these PCRs and do to those who do not bring. We will talk about it when we can,” replied Nacho Díaz, trying to revive the Covid testing sector after the success of the masks, which cost a million dollars.
Millionaire’s Ball
The contracts awarded by the autonomous government of Francina Armengol add up 11 million large-scale thanks to businesses during the pandemic. The businesses Aldama partners profited from were Management solutions, Eurofins Megalab and Injoo Technology. Management Solutions supplied fake masks which did not provide protection and which cost the public coffers millions of euros.
Injoo Technology, for its part, benefited from a direct allocation without call for competition, for a value of 6.1 million euros. Behind this company appears a Chinese businessman who took advantage of the health crisis to change his social objective and, thanks to the contacts maintained by the Aldama conspiracy, managed to win a large order for personal protective equipment against the virus, as well as tests against the coronavirus. analysis. All these contracts are the subject of judicial investigation before the National Court following a complaint filed by the Office of the Special Prosecutor against Corruption and Organized Crime.
