Ex-King Juan Carlos I has not been heard from for months.
Now he has submitted his data to the public prosecutor in Spain.
Is he planning a return?
Update December 9th:
It's all going on in the Spanish
Royal Family
.
Now, according to various media reports in
Spain, there is
also evidence that the
daughters
of
ex-King Juan Carlos I, Elena
and
Cristina of Spain,
with the credit cards that were registered in the name of straw people in tax havens like Panama and probably money from them Mexican businessman
Allen Sanginés-Krause
included, were traveling.
Juan Carlos I. | Former King of Spain |
Born | January 5, 1938 (age 82), Rome, Italy |
size | 1.88 m |
Spouse | Sophia of Greece (m. 1962) |
They are said to have paid for shopping strolls in the Corte Inglés department store, large-scale Uber trips and numerous piano lessons.
According to the Spanish newspaper "El Cofidencial", the infants' children, i.e. Juan Carlos I's grandsons, also used the card.
The current royal couple
Felipe
and
Letizia
probably never used the cards.
The Mexican multimillionaire
Allen Sanginés-Krause
admits to having given gifts to the ex-king, a close friend of his, but denies the connection between his money and Juan Carlos I's suspicious credit cards. He never sent money to the monarch.
Ex-King Juan Carlos contacts public prosecutor in Spain - is the penalty coming?
Update December 7th:
According to the Spanish newspaper "Las Provincias",
ex-King Juan Carlos I,
plagued by allegations of corruption, is said
to have transmitted
account details to the public prosecutor of
Spain
.
The public prosecutor also confirms that she will initiate anti-corruption proceedings against the former head of state.
Specifically, it would be about credit cards with funds of unknown origin that were registered in the names of straw people.
According to sources from the Ministry of Justice, the case is about 120,000 euros.
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Will ex-king Juan Carlos I return to Spain?
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Compared to the newspaper "El País", the lawyer of
ex-King Juan Carlos I
stated that he was
negotiating
with the Ministry of Finance in
Spain
.
According to Javier Sánchez-Junco, the transfer of the data should be viewed as a voluntary self-disclosure of tax evasion, which could prevent a prison sentence.
The current head of state,
King Felipe VI.
, takes no position on the advance of his father.
Juan Carlos returning to Spain?
The royal house and the public prosecutor's office decide
Original
message
from December 4th:
Madrid
-
It has become quiet about Spain's *
ex-King Juan Carlos I
, who fled from Spain to Abu Dhabi in the summer - accompanied by worldwide media attention * after he was suspected of corruption in Spain.
But now "El País" announces that apparently some members of the Spanish
royal family
are considering visiting the disgraced former head of state in their new Arab homeland.
The decision about when and above all how
ex-King Juan Carlos I will
return
to
Spain
will be made by the royal family, especially
King Felipe VI
, according to the article.
Decisive for a possible return will also be which inconsistencies and incidents still come to light in the course of the corruption investigations.
Spain's
Defense Minister Margarita Robles told the news agency “Europapress” that she would
leave
the prosecution of
ex-King Juan Carlos I to
the courts and the
royal family
.
At the press conference, she was asked about a possible military intervention that could bring the ex-king to Spain and to court.
The politician categorically rejects this.
Abu Dhabi has no extradition agreement with NATO and regulates the repatriation of people to their home countries with contracts for each individual case.
It seems almost impossible for the Emirates to send back the Spanish ex-king who was very fond of them.
Queen Sophia Involvement: Was She Involved In The Corruption?
The Spanish public prosecutor recently also
targeted
the entire Spanish
royal family
.
During an investigation into a Swiss account of
Spain's ex-King Juan Carlos I
, which is registered with a company in Panama, a trace was found that also
burdens
his wife
Sophia
of Greece and other members of the family.
But Sophia will probably not be charged.
The
author of the new Juan Carlos biography "Yo, el rey" (Me, the King, currently only available in Spanish) is
asking what other acts of
ex-King Juan Carlos I
will come to light. , Pilar Eyre, after.
She not only interviewed members of the
royal family
themselves, but also researched the political environment.
One interviewee was, for example,
Spain's
former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
According to her research, the ex-king had long been fascinated by the Arab monarchy.
“He made contacts in the Arab world as early as 1971 and wanted to live like the oriental kings,” she explains to the newspaper “El Diario”.
She is sure, "Juan Carlos I will never come back to Spain".
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