A Civil Guard Lieutenant Colonel who led the investigation Two orders of Torrevieja Those prosecuted at the Trial in Elche improper briberyIt was announced that two defendants arbitrarily decided to inspect their workplaces in the third session of the cases of violence, falsification of documents and injury. This officer, then chief captain of the Organic Division of the Alicante Command Judicial Police, was the commander of the two commanders. They “guided” which places to go and which not to go.
The trial inspector, then the captain of the Torrevieja Company and the chief lieutenant of the Financial Patrol, reiterated to the defense lawyers’ questions that there were unsupervised buildings, and confirmed this by blaming the two as he closed the investigation. officers took more notice statements made by fifty people More than the internal reports issued by the Commander-in-Chief of Torrevieja and the Colonel-in-Chief of the Alicante Command. These are the last internal reports rule out favoritism and arbitrariness in the control of enterprises.
Competence
He also noted that the Financial Patrol inspected buildings that were not within its jurisdiction, and that a The Captain’s Girlfriend’s Greengrocer took advantage of the situation as it was not audited like other businesses.
The Lieutenant Colonel also underlined at the oral hearing that many key civilian guards did not want to explain what had happened “for fear of retaliation”.
In addition to the lieutenant colonel, several civilian guards who served or are currently serving at the Torrevieja barracks also testified at the trial, although they stated so. some organizations had more inspections than others, none confirmed that they were instructed not to inspect the captain’s girlfriend’s fruit shop.
A representative of the Financial Patrol explained that they inspected the grocers in Torrevieja despite their lack of duty, but confirmed that he had not received instructions from the commanders to stop inspecting any private areas and that the Company’s then-captain had not asked him not to do so. to report or withdraw any complaint to an organization.
Another civilian security officer said: no one told him that the captain’s girlfriend’s greengrocer cannot be inspected, He said that he was not aware of the arbitrariness in the inspections and that they did not want him to remove any complaints.
complaints
A third agent confirmed that they had once inspected all the entertainment venues in the port on the orders of the then lieutenant, which led to complaints from the owners of other facilities.
Regarding the captain’s free drink in the building, the two agents declared: They don’t know if you paid for the drinks or not.. A witness in the tavern, where the incident occurred between the captain and a customer who was drinking drugs in the toilet, stated that he did not witness the events and admitted that he had invited the police in some cases because he was uncomfortable. regular customer establishment. This witness previously worked at another bar, where he was ordered by the owner to invite him. The trial will continue in the Seventh Section of the Elche-based Trial next January.