Between 2013 and 2021, a Canarian businessman known as Mon, real name Ángel Ramón Tejera de León, and his companies faced serious scrutiny. Records show income from business activities under 4,000 euros gross (about 2,500 euros net) in seven years, with assets controlled by him. The internal service of the Civil Guard (SAI) identified his role as part of an investigation into irregularities linked to awarded contracts for nearly two hundred works at facilities of the Civil Guard. Eleven of these works were located in Alicante province.
The investigation found that small contracts were used to bypass proper bidding, enabling direct contractor selection. Several projects took place in the Alicante region and nearby areas, including a barracks in Dolores, along with sites in Orihuela, Alcoy, El Verger and seven additional works across Castalla, Cocentaina, Jacarilla, Banyeres de Mariola, San Miguel de Salinas, Muro de Alcoy, and a command center in Alicante. The combined budget for these efforts reached 39,576 euros.
All contracts deemed valid at the time were awarded to one of three companies led by Mon, namely Angrasurcor SL, Impermecork SL, and Solocorcho SL, with Mon as the sole director during the period in question. The SAI report, a dossier in the case since October of the previous year, leaves no doubt about the impact of Civil Guard contracts on the finances of thisCanarian businessman. Investigators found travel and hotel expenses, and even certain pool-related costs, covered through these arrangements. Lieutenant General Pedro Vazquez Jaraba, who has since retired, had previously directed the General Directorate of Support for the Civil Guard and had final authority on these matters.
The case also lists Carlos Alonso, formerly head of the Ávila Command, along with a self-employed contractor hired by Mon who could not personally justify such a large project given his business setup. The report notes that most of the revenue for these firms came from Civil Guard contracts awarded during 2016 and 2017, with around 1,739,792 euros billed across commands in A Coruña, Albacete, Algeciras, Alicante, Ávila, Badajoz, Castellón, Jaén, Valladolid, and Murcia, including Economic Affairs Headquarters and Corps Headquarters.
Researchers observed a sharp decrease in contracts for the contractor after January 2018, a year marked by the retirement of Vazquez Jaraba from active service. While some invoices persisted in 16/17, 2019 and later saw activity only for the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Command, resulting in a significant reduction of billed amounts.
Jaraba and his residence in Cadiz
Concerning Lieutenant General Jaraba’s assets, the SAI’s supervisory work could yield new details, but the present report notes that by January 2018, when he retired, his ordinary income stemmed from wages as a senior civil servant. The report documents the purchase of a beach-front house in Cadiz on 11 November 2016 with a stated value of 395,000 euros and details of the payment method spanning two pages.
The narrative notes cash income by the lieutenant general, alongside deductions made by the winning bidder and the transfer of funds to two companies founded by Jaraba and his wife. He resided in Madrid and engaged in the sale of movable and immovable property, animal husbandry, urban planning activities, and the construction and sale or rental of real estate. The report also cites 47,700 euros of income categorized as origin unknown from the 395,000-euro property purchase.
The researchers caution that the economic and patrimonial inquiry did not conclude with these findings and remains ongoing, with further data expected to emerge as the investigation continues.