The Civil Guard carries out several simultaneous searches in Valencia, Castellón and Madrid for the Azud case

The agents are carrying out searches and recapturing documentation in several companies such as Acciona In the operation, witnesses and investigators who have not been arrested are being interrogated The alleged collection of millionaire commissions in exchange for urban favors is being investigated Agents of the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard is carrying out several simultaneous entries and searches in companies in the provinces of Valencia, Castellón and Madrid this Monday morning, in relation to the Azud case, which investigates the alleged collection of million-dollar commissions in exchange for urban favors and in which they are implicated former members of the Popular Party and the PSPV-PSOE. Along with the entries, records and legal requirements for documentation, statements are being taken from witnesses and investigators who have not been arrested so far. The proceedings are related to a secret part of the Azud case, for the crimes of prevarication, bribery and embezzlement in the provinces. of Valencia, Castellón and Madrid. The operation carried out by the Civil Guard has the support of Europol. The proceedings are under summary secrecy and the investigation is still open, so new records are not ruled out. 60 investigatedAmong those investigated in Azud, around 60 people, are the former deputy mayor of Valencia with the PP and right-hand man of the deceased Rita Barberá, Alfonso Grau; the brother-in-law of the former mayor and lawyer, José María Corbín, and his family; the former socialist councilor and former sub-delegate of the Government, Rafael Rubio; and the former head of Divalterra’s legal services, José Luis Vera. The case began in 2017, but it was not until two years later, in April 2019, that the first arrests were made: those of lawyers José María Corbín and Diego Elum. In a second phase, in May of last year, the judge ordered the arrest of Grau, Rubio and Vera, all of them already free.