The Supreme Court endorses the dismissal of Colonel Corbí as head of the UCO

Colonel Manuel Sánchez CorbíEuropa PressThe former head of the UCO appealed the sentence of the National Court that considered his dismissal adjusted to lawThe Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska alleged lack of confidence for his dismissalThe Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Colonel Manuel Ángel Sánchez Corbí against the sentence of the National Court that considered his dismissal as head of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard to be in accordance with the law. The dismissal of Corbí, with extensive experience in investigation units and in the fight against ETA, It occurred on August 1, 2019, after the then head of the UCO sent an email in which he indicated to his subordinates that the reserved funds box had run out of funds and until it was replaced, the investigations should be paralyzed. that they depended on her. After the dissemination of this communication in the press, which showed that the lack of these funds could affect ongoing investigations by this unit, the Interior dismissed Sánchez Corbí without directly pointing him out as the leaker but alleging “lack of trust”. for his instructions to his subordinates. The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, alleged a lack of trust as the cause of the dismissal. After that, the colonel appealed to the Supreme Court and this Tuesday the Fourth Section of the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the high court has advanced the decision of the sentence, whose content will be known in the next few days, by which he rejects the appeal and confirms the resolution of the National High Court, which endorsed the legality of his dismissal