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The retired commissioner in prison José Manuel Villarejo, investigated in the so-called

Tandem case

by the National Court, was taken this Thursday afternoon back to the Estremera prison (Madrid) where he is serving preventive detention, after having been discharged from hospital by the Neurology Service of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid, although the symptoms that forced him to hospitalize last Wednesday persist.

His defense, exercised by José García Cabrera, has issued a statement in which he points out that by telephone communication with the former policeman he has learned that the symptoms that caused his hospitalization persist, characterized by an intense headache, feeling of dizziness, great pain in the left eye socket, double vision, loss of mobility in the left eye and drooping of the left eyelid that can only be lifted with the help of the hand.

After performing several diagnostic tests, according to the lawyer, the exact cause of the injuries that he presents could not be established, "although they are related in principle to the chronic arterial hypertension that he suffers as well as to a situation of deep and continuous stress, without so far it has been possible to determine that he has suffered a stroke or cerebral hemorrhage but probably peripheral with involvement of the nerves that allow the mobility of the eye and left eyelid and, to a lesser extent, of the mouth ".

Given all these facts, this defense is going to promote, "the exercise of all the actions that are necessary for a thorough and effective investigation of the prison treatment received," he adds.

It also says that, despite his current physical situation, Villarejo continues to express his willingness to give the judicial statements set for next February 12 before the Central Court of Instruction 6 of the National Court as well as to voluntarily testify on the issues that are they contain in their brief of November 1, 2020, "although any attempt to make a voluntary statement by Mr. Villarejo has been systematically rejected," he says.

The declaration of next Friday is included in the so-called "Wine project", an allegedly illicit commission from Repsol and Caixabank to the Cenyt Group - under which Villarejo operated - that aimed to safeguard the interests of both clients in a context of conflict between shareholders reference in Repsol YPF "to take control of the company".

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