The anti-corruption prosecution ruled out that the former Minister of Transport and former PSOE organizational secretary, José Luis Ábalos, and the Koldo affair influenced the process. rescue of Air Europa.
In the report sent to the judge of the National Court Ismael Moreno to which laSexta had access, Anticorruption indicated that Ábalos played a leading role in the Koldo affair. but at the same time He excludes that he played a decisive role in the rescue of the Air Europa company.
“Since the start of this investigation within the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, Aldama held the position of director of the said company. He used this same position, facilitating the logistics of the mask activity so that it falls partly in the Air Europa fleet,” he said. noted.
Thus, Anticorruption insists on the fact that Globalia “had a debt of $200 million from the Venezuelan governmentand that Aldama offered to mediate to make this reimbursement effective.”
Likewise, the prosecution emphasizes that, even if neither the former minister nor his advisor influenced the rescue of Air Europa, it was Aldama who did. “took advantage of his relationship with Koldo and Ábalos to try to influence the final concession”.
They speak of WhatsApp conversations exchanged by Aldama with Francisco Javier Hidalgo Gutiérrez, CEO of Air Europa, informing him of the progress of the procedures followed at the highest levels of the Spanish government, ICO and SEPI for the approval of the rescue of the airline. . They also mention some messages with Ábalos and Koldo García, while assuring that “there is no evidence of a crucial or determining participation of the minister of the time or his advisor”.
