Local police chief arrested in San Fulgencio

Bernardo Cortijo was arrested less than 12 hours after the councillor Manuel Barrera was sent to prison on remand.

The allegations of corruption in San Fulgencio have expanded with the arrest of the Chief of the Local Police.

Bernardo Cortijo, who has only been in the post for less than a year after a motion of censure, was detained yesterday in an operation carried out on the orders of the anti-corruption prosecutor and Court number three in Orihuela. It appears that he is linked to the bribery case which has already resulted in the arrest and imprisonment on remand of the independent councillor Manuel Barrera.

Barrera is alleged to have accepted 5,000 € in exchange for his support for a building project with 4,600 homes.
 

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