The judge of the 'Koldo case' investigates a civil guard assigned to the Spanish embassy in Venezuela for bribery

Koldo and Cueto had a conversation in which the former advisor alludes to a guard stationed in Venezuela for whom he had opened doors

The judge of the National Court investigating the 'Koldo case' has released a member of the Civil Guard investigated in the case for crimes of belonging to a criminal organization and bribery, and who is stationed at the Spanish embassy in Venezuela, agreeing As precautionary measures, the prohibition of leaving the national territory and the withdrawal of the passport.

Legal sources have explained to Europa Press that R.V., a member of the Armed Institute and who is Minister of the Interior in Venezuela, testified this Wednesday before the head of the Central Court of Instruction Number 2 within the framework of a secret line of investigation in which They investigate crimes related to the alleged collection of commissions for the sale of masks.

Specifically, the magistrate agreed to open this piece - whose secret he has lifted today - to investigate several bank accounts and carry out a new registry. All of this within the framework of the 'Koldo case', named after Koldo García, the former advisor and ex-escort of former minister José Luis Ábalos.

Other legal sources consulted suggest that this is not the only secret piece and speak of several. However, they point out that this Civil Guard command was previously assigned to the Information Headquarters of the Special Central Unit (UCE-2) dedicated to Islamic terrorism and was currently assigned to the Spanish embassy in Venezuela.

One of the UCO documents that appears in the case summary, to which Europa Press had access, explains that a conversation took place on September 19, 2023 between the former advisor of former Minister Ábalos, Koldo García, and the alleged 'mastermind' of the plot, Juan Carlos Cueto, in which mention was made of a friend of the first who is "from the greens", who was stationed in Venezuela and for whom he would have opened "a couple of doors."

Koldo García, in this conversation with Cueto, noticed that a Venezuelan businessman had asked him for help on a topic that did not specify and commented that the businessman wanted to attack the ham of the Víctor de Aldama plot.

At this point, Koldo García reports that he went to see the Venezuelan businessman accompanied by his friend "from the greens" and that he told him that Aldama had scammed and robbed him.