For example, National Court judge Santiago Pedraz called former Secretary of State for Security Francisco Martínez, former police number two Eugenio Pino and four other police officers. However, the magistrate excluded former minister Fernández Díaz from the case.
National Court judge Santiago Pedraz has named the former Secretary of State for Security as defendants Francisco Martinezto the former number two in the police force Eugenio Pino and four other police officers for alleged investigations without judicial review against members of Unidas Podemos in 2015 and 2016.
By decision, the magistrate orders the October 28 to Francisco Martínez and the Commissioner Enrique Garcia Castañothe next day to Eugenio Pino and the inspector José Angel Fuentes Gagowhile the November 6 the commissioners have been summoned to appear Andrés Gómez Gordo and Germán Rodríguez Castiñeira.
In his writing, the instructor also admits the practice of the testimonies requested by Podemos to clarify the facts and indicates that they are still pending to be indicated based on the availability of the court calendar.
The head of the Central Court of Instruction 5 made this decision after the National Court confirmed this investigation this summer rejects Martínez’s appeal against the recognition of a complaint by Podemos for the alleged future investigations that had nothing to do with judicial control of certain people who were part of that political organization when the PP ruled.
However, the magistrate ruled out the case former minister Fernández Díaz for not seeing sufficient evidence against him, although he agreed to investigate Martínez and the former police deputy director of operations (DAO), Eugenio Pino, among others.
One of the latest proceedings saw the judge agreeing to ask the police internal affairs unit to report on the reasons and reasons why the searches or access to police databases were carried out. 55 delegates from Unidas Podemos between 2015 and 2016, which included Yolanda Díaz (now in Sumar).
Source: EITB

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