The case summary Koldo reflects the way in which José Luis Ábalos’ former advisor, under investigation for his fraudulent activities during Ábalos’ time as Minister of Transport, attempted to mediate on several fronts to continue fueling the plot.
Koldo García allegedly helped his getter, Víctor de Aldama, to conclude mask contracts in regions like the Canary Islands. He himself would have served as mediator with the president of the archipelago at the time, Ángel Víctor Torres, current Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory.
This is how they reflect it the conversations to which laSexta had accessand which are included in the investigation summary. Koldo allegedly managed to conclude a contract worth more than 12 million euros: “Paid today. It will reach the company tomorrow or Monday.” “The rest, by paying it immediately,” explains Aldama.
His desire to expand his network also led him to the former president of La Rioja, Concha Andreu, or to that of the Balearic Islands, Francine Armengolfrom whom he asked for the contacts of their health advisors. With Armengol, he even allowed himself to speak with warm intimacy.
Armengol: “Hello! This is the number of the Minister of Health.”
Koldo: “Okay, honey. I’ll keep you posted on everything.”
Armengol: “Great”.
This is not enough, the conspiracy has tried to reach new ministerial portfolios. According to the conversations, Koldo I shamelessly forwarded all contacts that Aldama asked. Koldo’s position as Ábalos’ right-hand man made him the link between the administration and the conspiracy.
Aldama: “Give me the vice-president’s phone number, neither Javier nor I have it, please. I don’t know where we put it. The one for the Ecological Transition.”
Koldo: “You already have it.”
Aldama: “No. This phone number you gave me belongs to Reyes Maroto, from Tourism”
Koldo: “But what phone number do you want? Nadia’s?”
Aldama: “Not from Nadia, damn. From the vice-president of the Ecological Transition”
The rescue of Air Europa
In these conversations, Aldama refers to the businessman Javier Hidalgo, CEO of Globalia, with whom he maintained constant contact to manage the rescue of Air Europa via Koldo.
In these conversations, Aldama tells Javier Hidalgo that he threatened Koldo through Air Europa and that either the rescue was already approved or the bites would end. The audios were exchanged in August 2020 and it was not until November of the same year that the rescue would take place.
At that time, the members of the conspiracy were salaried: Ábalos was paid for a chalet in Cádiz and, to his friend Jéssicaan apartment in the center of Madrid. Regarding Jéssica, for whom they paid for her apartment for a year and a half, her complaints are also known about the cell phone they bought her, an iPhone with 128 GB capacity, although she preferred a better one. Koldo was important even as moral support for Jessica, to whom he complained about not being able to have a normal relationship with “José” (by José Luis Ábalos) after a year.
The summary audios also include other questions, such as how the conspiracy distributed the money, including payments in the Dominican Republic to Joseba García, Koldo’s brother.
