Cuarteles Case

Marlaska speaks out on the Cuarteles case: "There is zero tolerance for corruption"

The Minister of the Interior has stressed that "from the beginning" Internal Affairs of the Civil Guard is investigating the possible irregularities that splash agents of the body and the businessman from Lanzarote "Mon"

EFE

March 13 2023 (17:08 WET)
Updated in March 14 2023 (07:24 WET)
The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, speaks out about possible irregularities in the contracting of works in Civil Guard barracks (La Provincia)
The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, speaks out about possible irregularities in the contracting of works in Civil Guard barracks (La Provincia)

The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, spoke this Monday about the alleged irregularities in the awarding of contracts for the works of thirteen Civil Guard headquarters and insisted that there is "zero tolerance" for corruption in the armed institute. The businessman from Lanzarote, Ángel Ramón Tejera, known as "Mon", is one of the investigated in the so-called Cuarteles case.

The Investigating Court number three of Madrid maintains two businessmen under investigation, one of them the construction businessman from Lanzarote, Angel Ramón Tejera de León, known as "Mon" for his alleged relationship with the lieutenant general of the Civil Guard Pedro Vázquez Jarava. A report by Internal Affairs of the Benemérita saw indications of a relationship between the agent and the businessman and the awards to rehabilitate barracks around the national territory.

According to the aforementioned report, some works that were invoiced by Ángel Ramón Tejera allegedly were not carried out or were done halfway.

In statements to journalists in El Vendrell (Tarragona), Marlaska has assured that Internal Affairs of the Civil Guard carried out a "thorough investigation" of the alleged irregularities that have been denounced and transferred it to the judicial authority, since in the Armed Institute and in the Ministry of the Interior there is "zero tolerance" for corruption.

"We are the first interested in that no fact goes unpunished if it should not go unpunished. We are the first interested in that everything, absolutely, is investigated," Marlaska said.

For this reason, the minister stressed, it has been Internal Affairs of the Civil Guard that "from the beginning" is investigating this case, "putting all the evidence at the disposal of the judicial authority, under whose instructions it acts".

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