Navarro Tacoronte’s partner received 83,800 euros as an intermediary

The function attributed by the magistrate of the Mediator case to Megolla is to receive the money in her two bank accounts that the businessmen sent to satisfy the requirements of Navarro Tacoronte, the division general, the only one of those detained in prison, or of the politicians Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo and Taishet Sources.

In all cases, Navarro offered the account numbers of his then partner to the businessman who was going to make the payments at any time. In other words, the work of the sentimental partner of the mediator is what is known among the security forces as a financial mule. The money from the bribes that entered the accounts was for both: the mediator and his partner.

The amounts that entered Megolla’s bank deposits were later transferred to other accounts in her name, or their relatives. According to the work carried out by the Deputy Directorate of Customs Surveillance (DAVA) and the agents of the Provincial Brigade of the Judicial Police of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the National Police, the Navarro couple received 83,800 euros in their accounts for the efforts of Navarro Tacoronte .

of thes 83,800 euros, 22,712 went to the mediator himself to pay bills and expenses charged by card. The remaining 61,088 euros were transferred to other accounts, in which Irene Megolla or her relatives appear as the owner.

Bautista Prado’s plans

Businessman Antonio Bautista Prado, a native of Ciudad Real and dedicated to the installation of photovoltaic energy panels, contacted Navarro Tacoronte in August 2020. The mediator then proposed to Bautista the possibility of establishing one of his companies in the Canary Islands Special Zone (ZEC) to benefit from the reduced taxation of this tool of the Canary Islands Economic and Fiscal Regime.

Subsequently, Bautista Prado went to the Congress of Deputies on several occasions to see Juan Bernardo Fuentes, alias Tito Berni. He too, together with Francisco Espinosa, went to the headquarters of the General Directorate of the Civil Guard on Guzmán El Bueno street, in Madrid.

The objective of these meetings was to generate in the businessman the feeling that the heads of the corrupt plot had power and influence and that the commissions that were paid were justified to achieve the objectives of entering into business in the Archipelago.

On September 3, 2020, an Antonio Bautista Prado company, Cleanergetic Seers Solutions SL, made a first payment of 2,000 euros. This amount was paid into a bank account that, according to the investigators’ reports, was in the name of Irene Megolla. That same day, this Bautista Prado company made a second payment with the same amount, 2,000 euros, to another bank account, whose owner was MGM, Irene’s daughter.

These initial payments obeyed the promises directly offered by the mediator, first, and Juan Bernardo Fuentes, later. At the judicial headquarters, Navarro stated: “in the meeting with Juan Bernardo Fuentes in Canalejas, next to Congress, it is when the businessman Bautista was already proposed to skip the tender and give him all the solar panels on the farms, although in the end it was not possible ».

In addition to these efforts in his favor and others, Bautista Prado, who was identified by the mediator as El Curita, paid the Tetir Sports Association, chaired by the former socialist deputy, “the usual 5,000 euros as an obligatory commission” to the aforementioned club and “2,000 euros in cash” to Juan Bernardo Fuentes himself curbelo, “as a starting point to begin the negotiations and awards in your favor.”

The plot plan consisted of the former socialist deputy trying to implement this project in livestock farms in the Archipelago through his nephew, the former general director of Livestock, Taishet Fuentes.

the drones

Another of the businessmen investigated in the Mediator case is José Antonio Suárez Estévez, owner of the company Asesoramiento y Servicio de Drones SL, who also deposited money into an account of the then sentimental partner of the mediator.

On January 11, 2021, this company made two transfers worth 1,000 euros to Irene Megolla’s account. On the eve of a meeting of the criminal organization in The Gran Canarian palmswhich was attended by Taishet Fuentes, General Espinosa Navas, the businessman Suárez Estévez and Navarro Tacoronte, Irene’s daughter received 1,000 euros in a bank account from the company Asesoramiento y Servicios de Drones. It was January 27, 2020.

alberto montesdeoca García, owner of the Montesdeoca cheese factory, in Adeje, and two other companies linked to the previous one, is another of those investigated in the Mediator case.

The cheese factory was sanctioned with 74,099 euros for not justifying the money from a subsidy. Montesdeoca’s objective was to reduce the amount of the fine and for the file to go from very serious to light. For this reason he turned to Taishet to help him. The general director of Livestock notified Navarro to introduce Montesdeoca, according to what the mediator declared before the judge.

To achieve the favor of the network, Alberto Montesdeoca paid. Two bank transfers of 5,000 and 1,500 euros They went to an account of the sentimental partner of Navarro Tacoronte. Irene Megolla received that money on November 9, 2020.

These amounts are part of the 26,800 euros that Montesdeoca paid to members of the plot by bank transfer, Bizum or in cash. That figure is of which there is evidence, since, in addition, he paid for parties, hotels and plane tickets, as stated in the summary.

However, the owner of Quesería Montesdeoca, a native of The Palmhe did not achieve his goal after having delivered tens of thousands of euros. In a message he showed his disappointment with the efforts made by Navarro. He told the mediator that he felt cheated and that he had to pay the entire penalty that was imposed on one of his businesses. He wasn’t the only one who had that feeling. Everyone who paid felt ripped off.