Andorra investigates Rajoy, Montoro and Fernández Díaz for the ‘Operation Catalunya’
The Andorran justice investigates the former President of the Government Mariano Rajoy and his former Ministers of Economy and Interior, Cristóbal Montoro and Jorge Fernández Díaz, respectively, for their alleged relationship with the attempts to know “through illegal means” secret banking information of the former presidents of the Generalitat Jordi Pujol and Artur Mas, as well as former Vice President Oriol Junqueras, within what is known as ‘Operation Catalonia’.
As stated in the rogatory commission of the Andorran justice sent to the Spanish judicial authorities, consulted by Europa Press, the specialized investigating judge number 2 of Andorra, Stéphanie Garcia Garcia, urges those investigated to appoint a lawyer or, failing that, Within 15 days from the notification of the complaints, one will be assigned ex officio.
In the rogatory commission, of May 20, 2022, the defendants are Mariano Rajoy, Crostóbal Montoro, Jorge Fernández Díaz, the former Secretary of State Francisco Martínez and the former Director General of the Police Ignacio Cosidó, as well as the former police commanders Eugenio Pino and Bonifacio Ten.
According to said brief, the facts denounced in the complaints are related to alleged extortion, coercion and blackmail since 2014 by agents of the National Police against those responsible for the Banca Privada d’Andorra (BPA) to learn “through illegal means” of a secret banking information protected by Andorran legislation” of various rulers of Catalonia and their relatives, including Pujol, Mas and Junqueras.
For this reason, the defendants are being investigated for alleged crimes of coercion, threats of an evil constituting a crime, blackmail, extortion, coercion of constitutional bodies and the creation of a false document.
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