Judge Juan Carlos Peinado ordered the judicial police to “consult the numbering of the current accounts in which the investigated Begoña Gómez”, wife of the president of the government whom he is investigating for alleged influence peddling and corruption in the business. , misappropriation and intrusion. He also filed a complaint with the Single Civil Registry of Madrid. the “literal marriage certificate” of the person investigated.
In a judgment to which laSexta had access, the president of the Court of Instruction number 41 of Madrid in turn agreed to set a date for the declaration as instructed by the director of the IE Business School and former advisor to the Community of Madrid with Esperanza Aguirre, Juan Jose Guemes. He set an appointment for next December 18, at 11 a.m., the same day Begoña Gómez herself is scheduled.
Güemes appeared as a witness before the judge yesterday and was investigated after admitting that he had given the order to hire Begoña Gómez to run the Africa Center.
The judge, during the interrogation, I noticed contradictions between the director’s statement and the version given to the court by the director of human resources of the IE, Sonsoles Blanca Gil de Antuñano, on the reasons that led to the hiring of the president’s wife, that is why she considered it relevant that she appear again accompanied by a lawyer.
As part of the resolution, the instructor also ordered that Sonsoles Blanca Gil de Antuñano be investigated before another court in Madrid for an alleged crime of disobedience, “for not having responded to the request made by this court during his appearance on October 16.” .
This battery of procedures is part of the investigation carried out by the judge into the work of Begoña Gómez at the head of the EI Africa Center, dependent on the EI, between 2018 and 2022.
It turns out that in the Clean Hands complaint – which gave rise to the case – it was indicated that Air Europa “had agreed to pay 40,000 euros per year to the Africa Center” and that this agreement between Globalia and the Instituto de Empresa planned the delivery of 15,000 euros per year in first class flights for the wife of the President of the Government and her team.
