The reception hall of the Hyatt hotel in London, a few meters from the Olympic Stadium where Spain fell to Colombia this Friday, was abuzz. Well-known faces such as the charismatic René Higuita or the world champion Joan Capdevila alternated with the army of federation employees, the RFEF troops, who came and went from one place to another with their computers and their corporate clothing. But Despite the news coming from Las Rozas about the intervention of the UCO, more than tension there was relief.
Detailed registration and surveillance of detainees
“The Civil Guard knew who he was coming for”confirmed some witnesses to the search in Las Rozas. When a Benemérita unit entered Ciudad del Fútbol last Wednesday along with members of the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Corruption and Organized Crime and a Europol police officer after nine in the morning, word spread quickly inside the facilities. . Those detained in this Operation, baptized as ‘Brody’, were accompanied “even to go to the bathroom” by law enforcement, handing over their phones as a first measure. This explains the relief and tranquility of the employees, who continued with their work after meeting the demands of the UCO and knowing that they had the suspects very close.
Magistrate Delia Rodrigo, head of Court Number 4 of Majadahonda, Tired of not receiving a response to her repeated demands asking for documentation from the Federation, she ordered the registration of the Civil Guard, which intervened computers and hard drives to obtain information from 24 email accounts. “They have come in with a sack. “They have left it like a lot because they have taken all the documentation.”they pointed to PRENSA IBÉRICA.
Tomás González Cueto, the mastermind of ‘rubialism’, was arrested in his office on Sor Ángela de la Cruz street, a stone’s throw from the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. The González Segura brothers and José ‘Jota’ Jiménez, the head of Human Resources and one of Rubiales’ soldiers, were detained in Las Rozas. The entire leadership except Pedro Rochawho within the Federation insists that he is “more a victim than an accomplice.” The Extremaduran is described as “sir” and is separated from the Rubiales network. Among RFEF employees he does not have the image of opportunist or unburdened that he is perceived with from the outside. And they deny the greatest when he is accused of being a continuator. A Rocha, yes, shielded by his work team, which keeps him away from the press microphones to avoid untimely excesses.
From the Federation the designation of Rocha as successor by himself is justified Rubiales for being “the only vice president who could choose, as he was not affected by anything.” And it is normally assumed that he will run for elections, “which hopefully can be in April if Miguel Galán (the plaintiff) does not continue to interfere in the process,” because it is necessary to have a president to call elections to the assembly and thus rebuild the scenario after the departure of the ‘rubialistas’. Many employees ask themselves rhetorically: who is behind Galán putting up the money for the lawsuits? Or is there personal interest in the president of the National Soccer Coaches Training Center of Spain (CENAFE)?
Cueto, Rubiales’ legal advisor, testifies before the judge about the RFEF / EFE contracts
The clientelistic assembly model and the CSD
To explain the corrupt drift of the Federation from within, it is pointed out “the clientelistic assembly model of Spanish sport.” Being true that Neither the Higher Sports Council nor the Government have done anything to modify it with the new Sports Law, where this system is maintained that keeps many sports federations ‘kidnapped’ by their assemblies. Furthermore, there is no explanation for the delay in the ministerial order to call the elections earlier.
About the opportune timing of ‘Operation Brody’, Precisely on the same day that the elections were going to be called, there are different hypotheses depending on the employee you talk to. Many attribute it to political opportunism to divert media attention by using it as a smokescreen. given the turbulent panorama that the Government of Pedro Sánchez is experiencing. Others speak of the attempt to multiply the media effect of the Operation by choosing the day of the election call, with the media pending, and even more so with the senior team training meters away.
This is how the hours of police intervention within the Federation were experienced, therefore. With nerves and relief after the arrest of the ‘rubialism’ leadership, “people who maintained an obscene lifestyle” and who will now have to answer to justice, although it will be a long process. ‘Operation Soulé’, which ended with former president Ángel Villar detained, is still open and Judge Santiago Pedraz, after more than six years, has not opened a trial. It does not seem that ‘Operation Brody’ will have a faster resolution. But at least the bicephaly has disappeared in Las Rozas, where “those from Rubiales” did and undid in parallel to Rocha’s interim management, and time will tell if he is a “victim”, as the RFEF warns, or an accomplice, as a large part of public opinion maintains.
2024-03-23 14:42:33
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