The owner of Undercover Global SL was arrested in mid-September and subsequently released in the framework of the investigation opened at the National Court to this company, responsible for the private security of the Ecuadorian embassy in London and who was denounced for espionage by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

According to El País today and they have confirmed to Efe legal sources, Undercover owner David Morales was arrested on September 17 in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz), the company's headquarters.

According to legal sources indicated to Efe, after giving a statement before the judge investigating this case, José de la Mata, periodic appearances and the prohibition of leaving Spain were imposed.

De la Mata, head of the Central Court of Instruction number 5 of the National Court, recently opened an investigation to this company after admitting a complaint filed by Assange before this court, although little has transcended the proceedings that are being carried out by The secret of the proceedings has been decreed.

Although the alleged espionage took place in the United Kingdom, the National Court has been deemed competent in this case because it is a crime allegedly committed by a Spaniard abroad.

De la Mata investigates whether the owner of the company, David Morales, facilitated to the United States intelligence services the follow-up of Assange meetings with his lawyers and collaborators, as well as audios and videos of the numerous visits he received during his stay in Ecuador's embassy in London.

After revealing videos of this alleged espionage months ago, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister José Valencia said in July that the country reserved the right to respond, even by legal means, against security companies in charge of surveillance at its embassy in the period in which the one who was staying Assange.

The founder of Wikileaks was a refugee for seven years at the Embassy of Ecuador in London, from 2012 until last April, when the Government of President Lenin Moreno decided to withdraw the asylum granted by his predecessor, Rafael Correa.

The Australian activist is currently in prison in a jail located west of London, waiting for the trial to be held in February to decide if he is extradited to the United States.

A British judge ruled on September 13 that Assange continued in prison for his "history of evasion" until the extradition trial, despite his conviction on September 22 for violating the conditions of his probation in the Kingdom United in 2012.

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