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The number one Court of Instruction of the National Court that investigates the so-called 'Operation Soule' is currently tracking the bank accounts of the Cantabrian Football Federation to determine if its president used a public subsidy granted by the Higher Sports Council (CSD) to pay personal expenses.

The federation chaired by José Ángel Peláez received on March 7, 2014 a total of 210,000 euros for the construction of the soccer fields of Santa Ana in Tanos (Torrelavega) and entered the amount a few days later, on the 12th, in one of your accounts in the Caixabank entity.

The Central Operating Unit of the Civil Guard has prepared a report, to which EL MUNDO has had access, in which it makes available to Judge Santiago Pedraz the extracts of the account in which the subsidy for football fields was entered, where Numerous charges were carried out that are being investigated between the date of admission and May 2016.

Among the charges that are being analyzed are countless payments in restaurants in Cantabria , in service stations and some concepts that have called attention to researchers such as "holiday" payments through the travel agency Edreams just a month ago appear after the controversial subsidy was entered into account.

Peláez is currently being investigated in the summary of the 'Soule case', in addition to the referred subsidy, for the interception of a conversation with the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) , Ángel María Villar, in the that Peláez told him that he had 5.2 million euros of the federal budget "for what you get from the eggs". This statement was collected in the car that drove Villar to prison. In this conversation, he implied that these funds could be used in a discretionary manner under the generic name of "amateur football".

Peláez defended himself by saying that the phrase had been taken out of context and with regard to the subsidy of the football field, he has always assured that "the funds were taken into account".

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