The Public Prosecutor's Office, along with the State Legal Service and the private prosecutions, maintained this Thursday in the Provincial Court of Madrid the request for one year in prison for an alleged crime of bribery against Lieutenant General Pedro Vázquez Jarava and businessman Ángel Ramón Tejera de León 'Mon', both accused in the trial for the 'Caso Cuarteles'.
The defense, for its part, has requested the acquittal of its clients in what they have defined as revenge by other high-ranking officials.
This was stated in the trial of the 'Caso Cuarteles' where it is being investigated whether Jarava favored businessman Tejera de León with the irregular awarding of 120 minor contracts between 2008 and 2019 in 13 commands spread across Spanish territory for a total value of 3.3 million euros, allegedly in exchange for gifts such as trips, hotel stays, or cash payments.
The representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office stated in his conclusions that the lieutenant general promoted the businessman's hiring "exclusively due to the personal and economic relationship that motivated them" through his hierarchical influence.
And he added that "these gifts, these presents, had only one purpose: they were only made taking into consideration the position that the lieutenant general was holding."
Likewise, he described the defendants' justifications for compensatory payments for trips such as the Champions League finals in Milan and Cardiff - in which one paid for the match tickets and the other for the flights - as "absurd" and "unrealistic", and highlighted that the cash income from the high-ranking official has no justified origin.
Income that, in date and amount, would coincide with the cash withdrawn from the businessman's accounts.
In the same vein, the State Attorney emphasized the importance of hierarchy within the Civil Guard, stating that in practice the "recommendations" of a lieutenant general are interpreted as "orders" by the commands, while also describing the conduct of the official in receiving gifts and expenses paid by a regular contractor of the institution as unacceptable.
And she explained: "A public official cannot afford this type of gift-giving behavior. And even less so when it is from a Civil Guard contractor."
In the same way, the private accusations on behalf of the Civil Guard associations have emphasized "the power and influence that Vázquez Jarava had over the commands".
Likewise, they have adhered "seamlessly" to the accusations by the Prosecutor's Office and the State Attorney's Office and have detailed that this "unbearable stench of corruption" collides directly with the professional deontology of the Civil Guard - the body they were representing -.
On the contrary, Vázquez Jarava's lawyer has assured that the recommendations "never" were orders for the commands.
Furthermore, he has maintained that no evidence has been proven that "this gentleman has committed a crime of bribery" despite the circumstantial evidence presented by the prosecution.
For their part, Tejera de León's lawyer recalled that the businessman already carried out works for the armed institute before the lieutenant general's arrival at the Deputy Directorate General and has emphasized that her client "did not need Vázquez Jarava to work with the Civil Guard".
The court will resume the hearing this coming Monday for the purpose of the verdict.
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