This is how Aldama joked with Hidalgo in the middle of the rescue of Air Europa at the expense of Sánchez

The analysis of the mobile phones of those investigated as part of Operation Delorme not only made it possible to collect evidence on the alleged commission of various crimes. Also vacation moments between the protagonists of the plot. So, on July 16, 2020, while Air Europa was negotiating with the government to save the company, devastated by the pandemic, Víctor de Aldama sent a meme to Javier Hidalgo, CEO of the company. It shows a play on words between the famous television personality Carmen de Mairena and the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez.

On this date, Víctor de Aldama was hired by Air Europa to work on rescuing the airline. The commissioner was integrated into the Ministry of Transport in the summer of 2018, upon his arrival in La Moncloa Pedro Sánchez. Thanks to his brother, who was José Luis Ábalos’ bodyguard, he managed to contact Koldo García, advisor to the minister. This is where the intrigue began to take root. Investigations by the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard prove that Aldama even had conversations with Ábalos, as well as with Koldo, about the rescue, which ended up arriving a few months after the sending of the curious meme. He Council of Ministers, chaired by Sánchez, On November 3, 2020, it approved aid to Air Europa of €475 million in the form of loans, excluding ICO credits.