The king of the Galician orchestras dies, beset by legal and health problems

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Ángel Martínez Pérez

, considered for decades the king of the

orchestras , has died this Thursday morning in the municipality where he lived,

, from Pontevedra .

According to all the investigations carried out to date, he himself ended his life after falling from

motorway

.

The well-known businessman, nicknamed

, came to control a very lucrative business and own two of the main orchestras in the sector,

and

, but for years he had been experiencing his own decline, plagued by mental problems, a degenerative neurological disease and numerous judicial processes that took him to the bench on several occasions.

This Thursday, at the age of 58, he died very close to the place where he lived, the

urbanization , around 11:00 a.m., as various sources have confirmed to this newspaper.

The death occurred in the municipality of

and caused a wide deployment of the Civil Guard, which is now investigating the death.

Martínez Pérez's health condition worsened as his legal problems increased, as the

's Office and the

opened several investigations for allegedly defrauding the payment of taxes on his businesses for years.

One of the legal cases is pending trial at his death, since last November the

suspended a hearing in which he faced sentences totaling 35 years in prison and a fine of 13 million euros for various alleged crimes. prosecutors because his defense filed a forensic report that concluded he was unfit to attend trial.

Ángel Martínez Pérez was incapacitated at the civil level and in recent years his delicate health had already led to the suspension of several trials.

In his last court appearances, his physical deterioration was evident and he also showed signs of neurological deterioration.

This famous businessman from the entertainment world managed to add five simultaneous judicial investigations, but at his death he only had one that was subject to appeal.

It dated from June 2021 and sentenced him to two years and three months in prison for tax crimes.

The businessman had already been tried and sentenced to 12 years in prison for these events in 2017 and 2018, but the

annulled the sentence and forced a repeat trial.

After repeated, the sentence was reduced to two years.

In other legal proceedings, he was acquitted and his death leaves several in the are.

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