They arrest the socialist mayor of Sant Josep and search the municipal office of Urbanism

Agents of the Judicial Police have been searching throughout this Tuesday the town hall of the Sant Josep City Council, on the island of Ibiza. They have done so within the framework of an operation that remains secret and of which hardly any details have been released so far.

The Civil Guard agents posted to the City Council, governed by the PSOE until next weekend the command staff changes hands, have focused especially on the Urban Planning area. From there they have requisitioned documentation that they have been transferring to a van parked in the vicinity of the building.

The acting mayor of the town, the socialist Ángel Luis Guerrero, has been held in the building during the search. As the Ibizan press has advanced, the mayor has been arrested along with other municipal officials, although official sources from the Civil Guard consulted by this newspaper have not confirmed this point so far as the case remains under summary secrecy.

Upon arrival, first thing in the morning, the judicial procession has evacuated the building, ordering the officials of the Urban Planning area to remain in their posts and collaborate with the search ordered by the Investigating Court number 3 of Ibiza.

In parallel, the Civil Guard has carried out searches in some offices on Calle Pere Francés, in the capital of Ibiza, and in various private homes. Among those addresses would be the home of one of the lawyers who works for the city council.

“Delicate Operation”

The first information indicates that it is an open investigation after complaints from a neighbor about allegedly illegal urban maneuvers and that possible crimes of prevarication and bribery are being investigated.

The Civil Guard has not confirmed in which other places the searches are being carried out since the operation is carried out under forced judicial secrecy. “This is a delicate and large operation,” they have limited themselves to pointing out to the Europa Press news agency.

Sant Josep is a municipality located in the southwest of the Ibizan island and has 28,800 inhabitants. Guerrero, 56, became mayor in the middle of the legislature that is now coming to an end, taking over from Josep Maria Ribas, known as 'Agustinet', who was signed by Armengol for his Government, where he has been Minister of Housing.

The acting mayor is responsible for the Urban Planning area.

One of the priorities of the government team in the event of reissuing the mandate was the processing of the new municipal urban plan, as declared by the acting mayor himself last May in an electoral interview with the Ibizan digital media 'Nou Diari'.

However, in the last elections there was an electoral turnaround, and the municipality will be governed by the PP starting next Saturday.