The Criminal Chamber of the National Court has agreed to the opening of the oral trial of José Ramón Prado Bugallo, known as “Sito Miñanco”, for the so-called “Operation Myth” of 2017 for which, according to the judicial investigation, he directed a network who intended to introduce almost four tons of cocaine into Spain, and to the lawyer Gonzalo Boyé for money laundering, as stated in the resolution.
In an order, the Third Section of the Criminal Chamber confirms, as requested by the Anti-Drug Prosecutor, the summary order decreed by the investigating judge of this procedure, María Tardón, and opens the oral trial for a total of 49 individuals and 5 legal entities.
The resolution agrees to the dismissal of the proceedings regarding Amr Lanjri lahcinoui and rejects the dismissal requested by some investigated, including Gonzalo Boyé, as well as the revocation of the summary order for the practice of new investigative proceedings.
As for the proceedings requested by Sito Miñanco, the court denied them on the understanding that they are either not pertinent or can be practiced at the oral hearing. Regarding Boyé’s request to archive the case, the Chamber indicates that “the indications described in the indictment of which the defendant Gonzalo Boyé Tuset is accused in the facts imputed to him, prevent the dismissal of proceedings regarding of the”.
In December 2020, Judge María Tardón prosecuted Miñanco and 45 other individuals and 5 legal entities for their alleged participation in two operations with which they intended to introduce almost four tons of cocaine into Spain and for the creation of a criminal network to launder the money. money obtained with the drug.
Among those accused was the lawyer Gonzalo Boyé, known for leading the defense of several pro-independence leaders, including former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, to whom the head of the Central Investigating Court 3 attributed a crime of money laundering within a criminal organization, from drug trafficking, in competition with a continued crime of falsification of an official document.
