Even though I had a ticket purchased for April 6, Luis Rubiales has decided to bring forward his return to Espaa and landed this morning at the airport Barajas. The former president of the RFEF, who was in the Dominican Republic When searches and arrests were carried out on March 20 for irregular Federation contracts in the last five years, he was detained by UCO agents shortly after arriving at Madrid. Rubiales has refused to testify before the Civil Guard and shortly after He has been released with charges.
According to the story of a passenger who was on the same flight, two agents of the Civil Guard They have gotten on the plane. Subsequently, the former manager got off the aircraft and got on a black vanwho was waiting at the foot of the runway, to be transferred to the Benemrita offices within the airport.
The agents have informed him of his rights and Rubiales has refused to testify. After informing him of his accusation, Luis Rubiales has been released, waiting for the judge Delia Rodrigofrom court number 4 of Majadahonda (Madrid), decide when to meet him.
Rubiales is being investigated for the alleged crimes of corruption in business, unfair administration, money laundering and membership in a criminal organizationas stated in the summary, which EL MUNDO has had access to.
The Civil Guard maintains that the former president of the RFEF diverted at least 3.8 million euros to the construction company Gruconsaand to the company that operates the La Cartuja stadium in Seville between the years 2020 and 2022. He adds that this company, next, transferred part of the money to a company controlled by a close friend and partner of Luis Rubiales, Francisco Javier Martín Alcaide , alias Nene, under the name of Dismatec. Finally, the researchers have proven that Rubiales himself has been perceiving funds from your friend’s companies in the form of “profits”.
The former manager arrived in Madrid around 10:00 on an Iberojet flight with number EVE802, from Punta Cana. Dozens of journalists and media cameras were waiting for his departure from Terminal 1 of the airport. However, Luis Rubiales has not gone through that door and has been taken directly to the offices of the Civil Guard in Barajas.
Sources of his defense They had assured the EFE agency that Rubiales’ return was not due to the magistrate having summoned him, but rather to his desire to return as soon as possible, and they had pointed out that he still does not have any summons in court, so they hoped that was not arrested.
On Monday night the Central Operational Unit of the Civil Guard (UCO) registered, together with security forces of the Dominican Republic, temporary accommodationof the former president of the Spanish Football Federation in this country, where he has remained for a few months.
“My money is the product of my work”
Luis Rubiales has granted an interview to The sixthwhich will be broadcast this Wednesday, in which he has denied having received bribes and has said that his money is the product of his work and his savings, according to a preview provided by the chain.
“I’m here to say that It is a lie that he has had a bite with apartments and a baseball team here (in the Dominican Republic). “They have said that I have a baseball team, I don’t know if with the intention of saying that I was diverting money in some way,” he says.
“It is a lie that I hit a ball in Cape Verde. It is a lie that I have land for the construction of hotels in Saudi Arabia. All that has been said. What the judge says, what the UCO (Central Operational Unit) has investigated of the Civil Guard) I don’t know, because I don’t know if it has a direct relationship, I hope not, with leaks with some statements that the media have made,” he adds.
Furthermore, Rubiales tries to make it clear where his money comes from: “The statements made by the media and the money I had in my accounts have nothing to do with it. The money in my accounts is the product of my work and my savings.” .