27/10/2014 12:00 (UTC)
ESPAÑA OPERACIÓN PÚNICA
GRA234. VALDEMORO (C.A. MADRID), 27/10/2014.- El exconsejero de Presidencia de la Comunidad de Madrid Francisco Granados sale a primera hora de la tarde en un coche de la Guardia Civil, de su domicilio de la localidad madrileña de Valdemoro, en el que se ha realizado un registro desde primeras horas de la mañana. Granados y otro medio centenar de personas han sido arrestadas hoy en el marco de una operación de la Guardia Civil, denominada "Operación Púnica", y han sido acusadas de formar parte de una trama de corrupción municipal y regional que cobraba comisiones ilegales por la adjudicación de obras y servicios. EFE/Fernando VillarSPAIN CORRUPTION:Former Mayor of Valdemoro and former regional vicepresident of Madrid, Francisco Granados, leaves his home in Madrid, Spain, after being arrested in relation to a corruption case investigated by the police during an anticorruption operation on 27 October 2014. Granados, and 50 other people, are allegedly related to a corruption plot carried out in some Spanish cities and regions such as Madrid, Murcia, Leon and Valencia, during the last two years. According to the District Attorney's Office, mayors and other people in public office would 'have managed 250 million euros by knocking contracts down in exchange of illegal commissions at expenses of the regional tax offices'. EFE/Fernando Villar
