allegations of corruption in Totana, Murcia, will place the regional deputy and ex Mayor of Totana, Juan Morales

ex Mayor of Totana, and current regional deputy is accused of accepting backhanders

The judge instructing the allegations of corruption in Totana, Murcia, will place the regional deputy and ex Mayor of Totana, Juan Morales, on the accused bench for allegedly accepting backhanders from as many as 13 crimes. He faces bribery, fraud, money laundering, document falsification and other charges.

He one of 13 accused in the case, a list which includes his girlfriend, Vanelde Freita, and the case documents say that between 2003 and 2007 he managed several real estate deals, including one from the Galician company, Inmonuar, in the area known as El Raiguero. For this deal to proceed he is thought to have used intermediaries to purchase the land needed, for which Morales received ‘a substantial commission’ of 3.6 million.

However, despite a request from the prosecutor, the current Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, has still not been indicted.

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alleged Moroccan drug trafficker, who has been arrested in Melilla, has confessed to having carried out several assassinations,

alleged Moroccan drug trafficker, who has been arrested in Melilla, has confessed to having carried out several assassinations, and of hiding the bodies in a well in Murcia. He claimed that another Moroccan and a Spaniard of gypsy origin took part in the killings.
Firemen, the Guardia Civil and some soldiers spent Wednesday searching for the bodies and reports now indicate that at least two have now been found. One of the bodies is thought to have been killed ten years ago, the other five.Work continues at the site of a 30m deep well in an area of Cartagena known as Pozo Estrecho.
The Government delegate for Murcia, Rafael González Tovar, has said that the police and judicial action in the case is now under reporting restrictions.

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