According to the shipping audit, Abalos doubled the purchase of masks from four to eight million in 38 minutes.

An audit by the Ministry of Transport released on Friday showed that its procurement volume had doubled. mask Within 38 minutes, the order for 4 million units was modified to 8 units.

Purchase amount up to 20 million eurosacquired by the company Soluciones de Gestión, is under the spotlight of the investigation Keduo CaseThe reason for the increased purchase was that “the company either bids eight million or nothing.”

The order contains a date of March 20, 2020, when the division’s secretary Jose Luis AbalosHe resigned following the arrest of his former adviser, Cordo Garcia, who was accused of taking illegal commissions for the purchase of masks.

The branch manager announced that the audit found some “irregularities”. Oscar PuenteWho this Friday Fired Undersecretary of State Jesus Manuel Gomez and Adif Chief of Staff Michaux Mirandaas they are under investigation Keduo Case.

“Dated March 20, 2020At 7:55 pm, from the Minister’s Cabinet mailbox, an order signed by the Minister was sent to the Deputy Minister, which provided for the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda to procure and distribute up to 4 million masks”, it can be read in the report.

“However, on the same day, March 20, at 8.33pm, a new order signed by the minister was sent from the same mailbox which rescinded the previous order and provided for the acquisition and allocation of up to $8 million of masks to the ministry,” the audit added.

It also points to the role played by the then Minister’s Adviser (name crossed out) in giving direct instructions to the distribution company on the runway as to the destination of the first batch of masks arriving. Barajas”, the task was not his, although he later “brought the mask” to the Ministry, which he “guarded and subsequently removed”.

The value of the masks stored is over one million

In fact, the number doubled once the first ministerial order was signed, the document notes, warning of the lack of initial control by the ministry in distributing the masks: “There is no documentary evidence that the masks were delivered by the ministry, either to Correos or to the then General Directorate of Land Transport”.

Currently, there are 238,840 masks stored in the headquarters warehouse. Ministry of TransportAnother 206,000 pieces remain in the Azuqueca de Henares warehouse (Madrid), with a value of more than 1 million euros, EFE reports.

Regarding the second purchase order of March 26, the audit drew attention to the fact that there was no analysis and review system for the necessity of procuring so many masks, and the recipients were not designated until a month later.