The manager of Urbaser, Jacinto Álvarez, entered the Tahíche penitentiary center early this Thursday morning, after testifying for several hours before Judge César Romero Pamparacuatro.
The magistrate has ordered him to be placed in provisional prison, charged with bribery and alteration of public tenders, among other alleged crimes. According to the investigation, Jacinto Álvarez would have paid alleged bribes to public officials and officials of the Arrecife City Council to, supposedly, "rig" the award of the contract that the Consistory maintains with Urbaser for the cleaning of the city and garbage collection.
The alleged bribes would have been directed, allegedly, to the former mayor of Arrecife, María Isabel Déniz, and the head of the Technical Office of the City Council, Rafael Arrocha, both also in provisional prison within the framework of this same cause.
Under the terms and conditions approved during Déniz's term, Arrocha was also in charge of annually endorsing the increase in the amount that Urbaser receives for its services.