The ex-partner of the only accused in the 'Catastro case' who has admitted the facts, Santiago Ramón M.M., stated this Thursday before the Provincial Court of Las Palmas that her ex-boyfriend sold her plots of land "at a good price" that had been acquired illegally, a fact she learned when she was arrested by the Civil Guard.
In the third session of the trial of the so-called 'Catastro case', the witness indicated that there were about eight or nine plots and that she sold them back to her ex-boyfriend when their relationship ended because it was not profitable for her to legalize them, although the notarial deed she signed for their acquisition and subsequent sale is from the same day, February 25, 2014, something she only found out when it was shown to her in court, according to her statement.
This witness maintained that she was unaware that the properties belonged to other people, as she assumed "everything was fine" because the transaction took place in a notary's office and with lawyers, and she detailed that the money she paid for the land was in cash.
The ex-partner of Santiago Ramos M.M., the accused who was initially facing the longest sentence, 17 years in prison, in this alleged scheme dedicated to falsifying Cadastre records and documents to appropriate 141 rural properties in Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote between 2011 and 2016, said that she does not know the other two defendants still in the case, as two have died, Roque M.M. and Gustavo A.G.G.R.
A cousin of the latter also testified to the court that in a family inheritance that Gustavo A.G.G. R. was in charge of processing, he incorporated properties that did not belong to the family and that, upon learning of this, he asked for it to be corrected and had problems with the Cadastre when trying to fix it.
According to his statement, the registration of these properties in the Cadastre was done by his wife without the consent of any of the heirs.
Another witness who testified by videoconference stated that he went to Santiago Ramón M.M.'s real estate agency in Fuerteventura to have him handle his father's inheritance and locate some land he knew belonged to his father, and that years later he realized they had been deceived by the accused.
They signed the acceptance of the inheritance and the transfer to Santiago Ramón M.M. of 20 properties that were not proven to be theirs, as they belonged to other people, and they also signed for plots of land without being aware that they were selling them; they thought they were authorizing an investigation into the ownership of land they believed belonged to their father.
This witness stated that he also does not know the accused Jesús O.M., a Cadastre official from the territorial office of Las Palmas located in Primero de Mayo, and José María C.F., owner of a cadastral processing agency located on the same street.
A partner in a company that operated in Tenerife and hired the services of the agency to avoid traveling to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria said that he knows José María C.F. and does not remember Jesús O.M., as many years have passed.
"I don't know if anything was done wrong, it will be judged," he stated, before admitting that he felt deceived by the agency, to which he only provided papers "and not on his own initiative."
When questioned by the defense, he stated that he did not remember if the deeds that attempted to change ownership were dismissed.
The trial will continue next week with the testimony of new witnesses.
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