Spanish corruption case: Phones vanish from police safe
Lead investigator in Spain's Tito Berni scandal reports theft of key evidence from a police vault, raising doubts on chain of custody.
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Phones linked to 'El Mediador' stolen from Spanish police safe
The chief inspector who led the initial investigation into the Tito Berni case has reported that mobile phones belonging to Antonio Navarro Tacoronte, known as El Mediador (The Mediator), were taken from his office safe at the National Police Brigade. Documents filed with the Court of Instruction No. 5 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife suggest other officers accessed the safe and removed the devices without authorization. This incident threatens to destabilize an already turbulent investigation.
Evidence disappearing in official premises
These events date back to the early stages of the operation against the corruption ring involving former PSOE deputy Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo, alias Tito Berni. According to the inspector's complaints, the seized phones contained conversations and contacts crucial to the case. Their disappearance from a safe accessible only to security forces has reignited debate over the integrity of the chain of custody in sensitive matters.
The similarity with other instances of lost or destroyed evidence in corruption cases linked to the PSOE has not gone unnoticed. From the hard drives in the Bárcenas case to incidents in the Koldo affair, the pattern repeats: when investigations target the ruling party, evidence tends to vanish or suffer procedural "errors."
Reactions and cross-accusations
The response in public analysis was immediate. Some point directly to the National Police as responsible for the theft, questioning the impartiality of security bodies. Others suggest a deliberate strategy of obstruction of justice from political spheres. The phrase "the mafia rules us" has resonated strongly, while others note such incidents are not exclusive to one party.
Meanwhile, the Attorney General promoted the prosecutor who closed the Plus Ultra rescue investigation, and the government dismissed the technician who exposed the Koldo scheme. The timing fuels suspicions that institutional machinery serves to protect those involved.
A dangerous precedent
The disappearance of the phones is not an isolated event. Courthouse fires, shrinking drug stocks in judicial deposits, and misfiled records form a catalog of incidents that, together, paint a landscape of impunity. The lingering question is whether these "coincidences" will continue or if justice can finally reach the end without evidence evaporating.
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The chief inspector who led the initial investigation into the Tito Berni case has reported that mobile phones belonging to Antonio Navarro Tacoronte, known as El Mediador (The Mediator), were taken from his office safe at the National Police Brigade. Documents filed with the Court of Instruction No. 5 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife suggest other officers accessed the safe and removed the devices without authorization. This incident threatens to destabilize an already turbulent investigation.
Evidence disappearing in official premises
These events date back to the early stages of the operation against the corruption ring involving former PSOE deputy Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo, alias Tito Berni. According to the inspector's complaints, the seized phones contained conversations and contacts crucial to the case. Their disappearance from a safe accessible only to security forces has reignited debate over the integrity of the chain of custody in sensitive matters.
The similarity with other instances of lost or destroyed evidence in corruption cases linked to the PSOE has not gone unnoticed. From the hard drives in the Bárcenas case to incidents in the Koldo affair, the pattern repeats: when investigations target the ruling party, evidence tends to vanish or suffer procedural "errors."
Reactions and cross-accusations
The response in public analysis was immediate. Some point directly to the National Police as responsible for the theft, questioning the impartiality of security bodies. Others suggest a deliberate strategy of obstruction of justice from political spheres. The phrase "the mafia rules us" has resonated strongly, while others note such incidents are not exclusive to one party.
Meanwhile, the Attorney General promoted the prosecutor who closed the Plus Ultra rescue investigation, and the government dismissed the technician who exposed the Koldo scheme. The timing fuels suspicions that institutional machinery serves to protect those involved.
A dangerous precedent
The disappearance of the phones is not an isolated event. Courthouse fires, shrinking drug stocks in judicial deposits, and misfiled records form a catalog of incidents that, together, paint a landscape of impunity. The lingering question is whether these "coincidences" will continue or if justice can finally reach the end without evidence evaporating.
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