The heat is on

Barcenas, who himself got 33 years prison in the Gurtel kickbacks-for-contracts scandal, had been hiding numerous documents that linked many former colleagues.

The aim of Diaz’s operation was to seize and destroy this compromising material. He is facing charges of misuse of €60,000 of public funds, concealment of a crime and privacy offences.

backs, as well as bribing firms in the farming sector in exchange for positive inspections. It also ensured that those involved would receive payments from European

Union funding. Compromising photos of Fuentes with hookers have been published in the press, causing an outrage in the run up to International Women’s Day.

Fuentes trip to Club Sombras came as his boss, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned prostitution to coincide with International Day Against Sexual Exploitation and the Trafficking of Women and Children in September 2020.

Police also launched a campaign that day targeting men who pay for sex. A Tenerife court is now tasked to probe the scandal.

A LEADING Costa police chief has been arrested accused of revealing secrets and perverting the course of justice. Fuengirola’s National Police boss, Jose Maria Tocornal, is also accused of coercion and failing to pursue crimes. The 63-year-old commissioner is facing trial alongside Salomon Kadosh Chuqueron, 58, a well-established local businessman.

Drug lord

A UK drug lord wanted for smuggling cocaine, ketamine and heroin has been arrested in Spain.

The 34-year-old man was picked up in Estepona accused of smuggling 293 kilos of cocaine, 143 kilos of ketamine and 12.5 kilos of heroin into the UK. His gang moved drugs from Colombia to Antwerp and other ports in France.

Broadway Picasso

STAR of innumerable Hollywood movies Antonio Banderas has revealed that he is starting negotiations with several Broadway companies about staging a musical in English about Pablo Picasso.

If the negotiations materialise, Banderas aims for the world premiere to be held at the Soho Theatre in Malaga, the city where Picasso was born 141 years ago.

The 62-year-old, Oscar-nominated actor is busier than ever, having recently completed 240 performances of the hit musical company, in which he starred and directed.