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Reporting restrictions lifted on part of the Operación Tótem corruption in Totana
By h.b. - May 24, 2008 - 12:33 PM
ALSO SEE : • Bribery charges remain against the Mayor of Totana - Jul 29, 2008 - 6:47 AM
• Defence lawyer questions proceedure in the Totem and Morales cases - Jun 5, 2008 - 10:42 PM

Ex Mayor of Totana, Juan Morales - Archive Photo EFE
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Recordings made at Barajas airport indicate some of the corruption which is alleged to have taken place in the town with paybacks for real estate deals in the town.
A recording made in Barajas Airport in Madrid seems to indicate the corruption that existed in the Murcia town of Totana. The P.P. deputy and ex Mayor, Juan Morales, and the current Mayor, José Martínez are reported by El País to have been fighting over a three million € commission.

In the recorded conversation an intermediary says ‘We propose that instead of paying 600 million (pesetas) you give us 400 million in cash, which we can take in a bag to Murcia’.

The news comes as reporting restrictions have been lifted on part of the case summary in the Operación Tótem, which has resulted in 14 arrests in Murcia, Galicia and Madrid. The instruction judge considers that Juan Morales could have collected 12 million € in different commissions on deals done in the municipality over a time that 60 real estate developments were approved.

Morales is currently out of prison on 200,000 € bail.
Current mayor, José Martínez Andreo, knew all about the commissions and agreements with the previous Mayor, and according to the Totana judge, Maria Asunción Navarro, wanted his own slice of the action.


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ALSO SEE :
• Bribery charges remain against the Mayor of Totana - Jul 29, 2008 - 6:47 AM
• Defence lawyer questions proceedure in the Totem and Morales cases - Jun 5, 2008 - 10:42 PM
• Mayor of Totana holds press conference - May 29, 2008 - 8:31 AM
• Juan Morales alleged frontman granted 20,000 Euro bail in the Tótem case - Apr 16, 2008 - 8:18 AM
• Another arrest in the Totana corruption case - Apr 14, 2008 - 12:59 PM
• Ex Mayor of Totana, Juan Morales, granted 200,000 Euro bail - Apr 11, 2008 - 7:25 AM
• Totana Mayor says he will stay on in the office with the local support shown for the PP in the national poll - Mar 10, 2008 - 6:43 PM
• Anti-corruption protest in Totana this weekend - Feb 17, 2008 - 6:55 PM
• Totana Mayor goes back to work as questioning continues in another Murcia corruption case - Feb 12, 2008 - 7:32 PM
• Court officers strike prevents long-awaited questioning of ex Totana Mayor - Feb 7, 2008 - 6:22 PM