A senior Civil Guard officer told police to 'ponerse de perfil', or 'look the other way', according to a court transcript
MADRID – Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the Spanish interior minister, has denied any political interference with an elite police investigation into the corruption scandals that are rocking Spain’s ruling Socialists.
Speaking in Luxembourg on Thursday ahead of an EU meeting, Marlaska insisted he was unaware of alleged interference by top Civil Guard police commanders regarding the force’s investigative unit, known as UCO.
“I have not been aware of any such interference, and if I had been, I would not have tolerated it. What I do know, I repeat, is the complete integrity of the director of the Civil Guard,” he added.
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