The judge of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in charge of the ‘Mediator case’ has refused to release the retired General of the Civil Guard Francisco Espinosa Navas, in provisional prison since February 16 for his alleged involvement in crimes of bribery, influence peddling and participation in an organized criminal group.
In an order notified this Friday, to which Efe has had access, the judge responds to Espinosa’s defense that the reasons for which he ordered his imprisonment are maintained, which was justified by the need to avoid the destruction of evidence.
The judge, who is supported by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office in this decision, stresses that the Internal Affairs Service of the Civil Guard has carried out a “massive action” to collect evidence and data of interest to this case, without any no “abandonment of duties or police inaction during the scarce two weeks in which the challenged provisional prison is in force.”
The instructor shares with the Prosecutor’s Office that Espinosa Navas must be kept in prison “for the time strictly necessary” so as not to compromise the investigation, because she considers that at this moment there is “a real risk of destruction of evidence.” For this reason, it agrees “to maintain the precautionary measure, not to analyze the evidence, but to obtain it.” In this case, General Espinosa Navas is accused of collaborating in a plot that collected bribes from businessmen from various sectors in exchange for obtaining contracts, public aid or stopping disciplinary proceedings.
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