Koldo García, former advisor to former minister José Luis Ábalos, said he was the director general of the Civil Guard, Leonard Marcos – recently fired – who informed him that he was under investigation by the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard for the mask plot.
This was transmitted by telephone to information commander Rubén Villalba, also accused in the Koldo case, on January 25, a month before the arrests.
According to the agent, he confirmed “that it was the UCO and not another police force which was investigate yourself and that it was the former director general of the Civil Guard who informed him of the ongoing investigation.
“He called me several times trying to confirm that it was UCO following his footsteps, which I ignored until during a WhatsApp call the Last January 25 that I had with Koldohimself, without being relevant in the conversation, came to confirm to me that it was the UCO and not another police force, to which I did not attach importance and we continued to speak other subjects. According to Koldo, it was the current director of the GC who informed him of these details. […]“, Villalba said.
The UCO emphasizes, however, that found no evidence which corroborates such a statement. And there is a second circumstance that investigators also highlight in the police report recently submitted to the National Court, and to which this newspaper had access.
This is the “lightness” with which, they say, “Koldo refers to his relationships with the people concerned before third parties, probably to give himself importance”.
In this sense, they mention an alleged meeting that the former advisor of Ábalos would have had with the deputy operational director (DAO) of the Civil Guard, Manuel Llamas, “one specific morning”, that is to say a month before the start of the Delorme operation. “it turns out that this statement is false”, The agents claim that because that day he was followed, “corroborating the non-existence of this interview,” they say.
