The Official Bulletin of the Ministry of Defense has published the promotion of Antonio Balas to colonel, who will continue to lead the anti-corruption department of the central operational unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard on secondment, as requested by the judge of the National Court Ismael Moreno.
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The order, signed by the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, details that Balas will remain in the UCO on “secondment, of a non-compensable nature.” “The termination of the secondment will occur when the causes that motivate it disappear, the assignee of the vacancy joins, obtains a position, or the maximum established period is reached,” it states.
Last July, the judge of the National Court investigating the Koldo case and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office asked the head of the UCO that Balas remain among the investigating agents for this case, even if promoted, which would require leaving this unit.
Antonio Balas is in charge of the Economic and Anti-Corruption Investigation Department (Dicean) of the UCO, responsible for judicial cases affecting the PSOE and the family environment of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez.
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The new colonel of the Civil Guard has led investigations affecting the brother and wife of the head of the Executive, as well as the alleged plot led by former socialist member Leire Díez to destabilize judicial cases.
He is also investigating the former PSOE Organization Secretary Santos Cerdán for his alleged involvement both in the Díez case and in the Koldo case, and is probing possible rigging of public contracts and possible irregularities in the PSOE accounts.
Additionally, the UCO has authored the reports on which the case that ended with the conviction of the former minister and former PSOE Organization Secretary José Luis Ábalos, as well as that of the former Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz, was based.
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