Inspector chief Gonzalo Fraga from the Internal Affairs Unit testified for seven hours at the National Court on the Kitchen case, detailing evidence against ten defendants in the espionage of Luis Bárcenas using reserved funds. He cited dates, report numbers, and contents of agendas and recordings by José Manuel Villarejo from memory. His testimony implicates former Interior and Police leadership under Mariano Rajoy.
Inspector chief Gonzalo Fraga testified on Monday at the National Court, venue near Génova Street in Madrid, for nearly seven hours. He listed evidence against the Kitchen case defendants, an operation to surveil and steal documents from Luis Bárcenas that could compromise the PP in the Gürtel case. Among the accused are former high officials like Francisco Martínez, Eugenio Pino, and Jorge Fernández Díaz, who was absent.
Fraga, known for his meticulousness, recited vehicle license plates, Villarejo agenda annotation dates, and recording texts from memory. He detailed the recruitment of Bárcenas' driver, Sergio Ríos, as an informant, with 2,000 euro monthly payments from reserved funds and a Glock pistol handover. Also, surveillances of the Bárcenas family by the Internal Affairs Unit and prison monitoring.
"I do not usually enter into subjective considerations," Fraga said, justifying his factual style. He identified Mariano Rajoy as 'El Asturiano' or 'El Barbas' in plot references. In audios, Villarejo mentions removing papers compromising the president.
The testimony continues on Tuesday. Fraga implicated coordination in the Interior Ministry: "It was an operation absolutely coordinated within the ministry." The accused include Andrés Gómez Gordo and other former political brigade members.
