The businessman Víctor de Aldama had them “on salary”, he paid, he demanded and no one resisted him. Minister José Luis Ábalos was the great influence, “he did the biggest thing” in exchange for various compensations. And his advisor, Koldo García, was the “transmission belt.” That’s how clear it has been, the head of the investigation carried out by the Civil Guard in , first under the orders of the Prosecutor’s Office and then by the courts. Its forcefulness has left little room for the defenses, which have had to use their imagination to provide alternative (legal) explanations. “What if…?”, they tested the ground. A thousand times until they blew up the president of the court, Andrés Martínez Arrieta. “From now on I am going to be more radical with you,” the magistrate concluded. His patience had run out.
