The Civil Guard detected an alleged member of the Luis Rubiales plot transporting cash to the Dominican Republic

Israel Dorado Pelegrina, an alleged confidant of Luis Rubiales, former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), allegedly transported cash to make investments in the Dominican Republic, evading the control of the Spanish authorities, according to a report by the Civil Guard included in the summary being investigated in the Investigative Court 4 of Majadahonda (Madrid) against the former Granada leader for alleged corruption in business, unfair administration and membership in a criminal organization. The police document highlights that these funds were destined for businesses in which Rubiales allegedly participated, as investigators infer from the content of the wiretapped telephone conversations of several of those involved. “In my 50% I will say who comes in because I have Luis [presumably Rubiales], for example, I have the prisoner with me and he is living there, I have to put him in,” Israel Dorado snapped to an interlocutor. Dorado was detained by the Civil Guard on March 25 at the Barajas airport after landing on a flight from the Caribbean country. His mobile phone and 1,080 euros in cash were seized.

The money transported, the agents indicate 40,000 euros on one of Dorado's trips to the Dominican Republic, supposedly belongs to Javier Martín Alcaide,

Nene,

a former soccer player who is a close friend of Rubiales. According to the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard, Nene included Rubiales in its corporate structure. The investigation indicates that Dorado supposedly acted as Nene's front man, by putting hospitality and restaurant businesses in his name in both Spain and the Dominican Republic that actually belonged to him. Rubiales allegedly entered into the aforementioned businesses after his resignation as president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), according to investigators. Already during his mandate, Nene, through the company Dismatec, in which his wife, the also detained Purificación Rufino, was the owner, obtained apparently unjustified benefits from the construction company Gruconsa as alleged consideration for the contracting of construction projects of the company. federation, including the remodeling of the La Cartuja stadium and the renovation of the residence of the federation headquarters in the Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas.

The investigation indicates that Gruconsa was allegedly unlawfully appointed in several contracts in exchange for financial compensation to third party participants and certain members of the RFEF. Ángel González Segura, brother of the director of the federation's legal services, Pedro González Segura, who was also arrested within the framework of Operation Brody, works as a manager at the aforementioned construction company.

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