The head of the police investigation in the Kitchen case said the Ministry of the Interior carried out "thorough" control of Bárcena while he was in prison
In response to questions from the Public Prosecutor's Office, the head of the police investigation has explained that the investigation made it clear that Villarejo was reporting to two people the progress and news about Kitchen: Eugenio Pino to the Deputy Operational Director and "especially" to the former Secretary of State Francisco Martinez.
Thehead of the police investigation in the Kitchen case has stated in the National High Court that the Ministry of the Interior of the Government of Mariano Rajoy subjected former PP treasurer Luis Bárcenas to"thorough" control in prison.
This is what he said at the third session of the Kitchen trial, in which he again referred to the operation organized by the PP to steal information from Bárcena, in which former Spanish Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz , former Secretary of State for Security Francisco Martínez, former Commissioner José Manuel Villarejo and former Deputy Director of the National Police Eugenio Pino, among others, are being prosecuted.
In response to questions from the Public Prosecutor's Office, the head of the police investigation has explained that the investigation made it clear that Villarejo was reporting on the progress and news of Kitchen to two people: Deputy Operational Director Eugenio Pino and "especially" former Secretary of State Francisco MartínezI.
His testimony as a witness has lasted almost three hours, in which he stated that they had several conversations with Bárcena's driver — accused of spying on the former treasurer — in which Villarejo's driver apparently told Villarejo that he was "very hurt "because he had to pass" very strict controls "in prison, even though they had him as a" special follow-up prisoner. "
Thanks to the follow-up of the head of the Ministry of the Interior, they also learned that Bárcena had asked a prisoner to search for and delete the audio of his conversations with Rajoy and the PP leader, Javier Arenas, in exchange for giving the prisoner an undetermined amount of money.
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