Marbella has not forgiven the former mayor Julián Muñoz, who died this Tuesday at the age of 76 and who was convicted by the courts for urban corruption, the secret of the 46 million euros has been taken to the grave from the looting during his time in the council, where he was also councillor for Festivals with Jesús Gil.
Where is the money? That is the question that the residents of this tourist town on the Costa del Sol, synonymous with luxury and glamour, are asking themselves these days after learning of the death of the former mayor, who came to politics sponsored by the controversial Gil, also convicted of urban corruption following the uncovering of the Malaya case, and of whom he became his right-hand man.
To this day, justice has lost track of the not inconsiderable sum of 46 million euros. The money has disappeared as if by magic and we hardly know anything about it, except what Mayte Zaldívar, whom Muñoz remarried in January, said on a television show. She confessed live that In his house, large garbage bags filled with bills came in and out. and this confession led to the opening of a separate case, the Saqueo case, and landed her and her brother Jesús in jail.
The people of Marbella have not come to say goodbye to Julián Muñoz at the San Bernabé cemetery, where the funeral chapel has been set up, and Those who passed by the door have angrily complained about the plundering of money that has come from their taxes and that should have been used for the needs of the city. “That is why no one has come from Marbella, because they have robbed us. When they return the money we will forgive them,” Beatriz Bazán told EFE.
“A disgrace,” said Mari, while her neighbor María Macías nodded. “May he rest in peace,” said Paqui González, who told EFE that because of her kiosk, located on the same street as the cemetery, Many neighbors have passed by “talking about everything and not in a good way”Meanwhile, in room number 1 of the San Bernabé funeral home, Muñoz’s wife, his daughters, Eloisa and Elia, and his grandchildren held a private wake over the former mayor’s remains, accompanied by a small group of friends.
Among those who have come to bid farewell to the former mayor and comfort his loved ones, the son of Gunilla von Bismarck, the businessman Francisco Ortiz, whose father died a few days ago, and the former mayor of Marbella who succeeded Julián Muñoz and who also ended up in prison for similar crimes, Marisol Yagüewho left the funeral home crying inconsolably.
The former councillor for Urban Planning, Juan Antonio Rocawho is considered the ringleader of a plot that turned Marbella Town Hall into the epicentre of urban corruption in the country and led to politicians, businessmen and officials from Marbella Town Hall being imprisoned.
Julian Muñoz’s wife, Maite Zaldívar (right), speaks with Rappel at the Marbella funeral home
Upon leaving the funeral home, Mayte Zaldivar -dressed entirely in black- asked for space and said she was very overwhelmed, thanked the journalists who had been waiting since early in the morning to be able to speak with her and after confessing that she would remember her husband “with great affection”, she left.
The sentimental ex-partner of Muñoz, Karina Pauwith whom she was in a relationship until shortly before remarrying Zaldívar after more than two decades apart, arrived with a friend. She attended the funeral and before leaving she said goodbye with an emotional hug from one of the former mayor’s grandchildren, Fran.
The great absentee has been the singer Isabel Pantoja, She was Julián Muñoz’s partner and the reason for his and Zaldívar’s separation. The people of Marbella have also directed their anger at her: “She also took it easy and hasn’t given us anything back either,” says Sara Gómez.
A priest friend of Julián Muñoz has prayed a funeral service in the same room of the funeral home where they were the mortal remains of the former mayor, which will be crematedas confirmed to EFE by those close to him, and will be handed over to the family in the coming days.
Marbella rules out institutional events
The Mayor of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz, indicated this Tuesday that the City Council will not hold any “institutional” event in mourning for the death of former mayor Julián Muñoz because, according to the mayor, “in accordance with the circumstances in which the political issue of Julián Muñoz has occurred, there will be no institutional event.”
The mayor did convey “all her love and support to the family” of the former mayor, as, Muñoz said, “these are times when they are very necessary.” “On a personal level, of course, we will pass this on to the family,” she added.
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