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Internal Affairs Reported Signs of Another Possible Corruption Scheme Linked to Cocaine Entry Through Algeciras
A police report cited by elDiario.es indicated that a preliminary analysis of an encrypted phone detected references to payments and officials linked to the port. The inquiry arose from the judicial testimony of former UDEF chief Óscar Sánchez Gil.
The Internal Affairs Unit of the Police informed the judge investigating Óscar Sánchez Gil that a preliminary analysis of an encrypted phone made it possible to detect the possible existence of another corruption scheme related to the entry of cocaine through the port of Algeciras, according to elDiario.es.
According to that outlet, the review was ordered by the magistrate after the May 19 testimony of the former head of the UDEF in Madrid, who has been in prison since November last year along with other people. Sánchez Gil told the judge that Udyco had left that device unanalyzed and that there were indications there about officials who would be taking part in the introduction of drugs.
Still according to elDiario.es, Internal Affairs stated in its report that it carried out a “superficial analysis” of the evidence associated with pin T8CKH6 of Sky FCC. In those conversations it found allusions to drug trafficking activities, payments to intermediaries, mentions of customs and of Civil Guard and UAR officials, as well as figures for planned payments.
The report, however, clarified that those data do not allow the recipient of the messages to be identified beyond doubt and that they are references to a scheme different from the case opened against Sánchez Gil. Sources from the Anti-Drug Prosecutor’s Office consulted by elDiario.es said they had not yet analyzed that document to decide whether an investigation should be opened.
In his testimony, Sánchez Gil denied being the user identified as “Aduana” in Sky FCC. According to elDiario.es, he said that the messages included references to containers, arrival dates, agents’ “quadrants” and payments of 100,000, 200,000 and 50,000, as well as direct communications via WhatsApp and Sky with agents who would have control over port personnel.
Internal Affairs, however, reviewed Udyco’s work and concluded, according to elDiario.es, that the nickname “Aduana” was attributed “beyond doubt” to Sánchez Gil by members of the organization. The outlet added that the inspector’s testimony also included accusations about an alleged mechanism to conceal the true origin of certain anti-drug investigations, something one of the police officers named later denied before the judge.
The case also reaches an organization that, according to elDiario.es, had among its defendants Ignacio Torán, in pretrial detention, while Alejandro Salgado, alias “El Tigre,” identified as the alleged international leader, is currently whereabouts unknown after fleeing Dubai.
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