The Civil Guard detains 'Supermán' López in Barajas for alleged "drug trafficking"

• Cycling Miguel Ángel López: "I preferred to do what I did to gain in well-being and dignity"

The Civil Guard has arrested

at the Adolfo Suárez Barajas airport in Madrid as part of the

.

The Colombian cyclist is being investigated for alleged drug trafficking together with Dr.

.

The coffee climber has been summoned to testify as a witness for the crime of distribution of unauthorized medicines in Spain.

López

and has been released quickly.

Astana has

from the team while the facts are "clarified".

The Kazakhstan team has said that the situation "has taken them by surprise" and that they do not have "many details" about it.

López, who has not competed since his retirement from the recent Giro d'Italia, had traveled to Spain to begin preparations for La Vuelta, where he aspired to lead the team led by

.

Justice expects the climber to declare when the Spanish round ends, which starts on August 19 in Utrecht.

Maynar released

On the other hand, Marcos Maynar remains

after being arrested in May for drug trafficking and money laundering.

Maynar has a long string of accusations

in May, the police captured the doctor after finding various substances during the search of his laboratory.

At that time, the Court of Instruction number 4 of Cáceres released him although the participation of some athletes in the doctor's practices was never ruled out.

In 2015, Maynar was accused of leading a doping network in the Urdabai trawler.

The court acquitted him of said complaint, but confirmed that the doctor

.

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