The Jable case trial could not be held next week. This Monday, April 10, the lawyer of María Isabel Déniz has requested the suspension of the trial alleging that the former mayor of Arrecife will not be able to be in the hearings for health reasons. For the moment, the Second Section of the Provincial Court has maintained the dates. Now it will be this body that decides whether the appointments finally remain or are delayed.
The trial would have to start on April 17 and continue on April 18, 24, 25 and 26, May 22, 29 and 31 in Gran Canaria.
As will be recalled, this case dates back to the beginning of the 21st century and part of the alleged rigging of the public tender by which the then Arrecife City Council awarded Urbaser the garbage contract and the construction of the Argana pavilion.
The trial for this plot has been delayed almost eight years since the investigation concluded. There are 15 defendants, including the former mayor of Arrecife Isabel Déniz, the former secretary Felipe Fernández Camero, the historical leader of the Independent Party of Lanzarote (PIL), Dimas Martín or the former secretary of the PSOE in Arrecife, Miguel Ángel Leal.
In addition to representatives of the companies Urbaser, FCC and Gamma Instal and the partners of Isabel Déniz and Dimas Martín, as participants for lucrative purposes.
The accused will face the crimes of bribery, embezzlement, document forgery, prevarication, disclosure of secrets, fraud and activities prohibited to officials.
Likewise, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office attributed to Dimas Martín, Isabel Déniz, Felipe Fernández Camero and Rafael Arrocha an alleged crime of illicit association, considering that they would have formed an organized society to commit crimes.
One of the accused in the framework of Operation Jable, Matías Curbelo, right hand of Dimas Martín, died in March 2018, at 73 years old without being judged. Curbelo acknowledged the facts and collaborated with the investigation.
