The relatives of Villa were the first people investigated who yesterday went before the Court number 3 of Oviedo, in the framework of the "Operation Hulla", after having come on Tuesday afternoon to the headquarters of the Spanish Civil Guard in El Rubín in Oviedo. Both Villa's wife, María Jesús Iglesias, and his children, Rolando and Ángela Fernández - who worked for Montepío, the first as the director of the geriatric hospital of Felechosa - came shortly before 10 o'clock in the morning to the courthouse, accompanied by their lawyer, Ricardo Álvarez-Buylla, and their court agent, Laura Fernández-Mijares. In the court of the magistrate Begoña Fernández, one of the prosecutors of Anti-corruption was waiting for them, expressly arrived from Madrid. The appearance, however, was very short: the three of them refused to answer the questions of the public prosecutor, with the excuse that the proceedings are secret and they can not know the reasons why they are investigated, which leaves them in a situation of defenselessness. The same happened the day before in the headquarters of the Civil Guard.
The first to go inside the courthouse was María Jesús Iglesias, who helped herself to walk with a cane. She was barely ten minutes inside the courthouse. She was followed by Ángela and Rolando Fernández, who went before the Anti-corruption prosecutor and stayed there for a similar amount of time. They left the Court before 11:30 surrounded by a swarm of journalists, without saying a single word. The three of them maintained a great cold-blood at all times. Their lawyer only argued that the summary was secret and could not provide any information.
The Office of the Prosecutor is investigating whether they could benefit from funds distracted from the works of the Felechosa geriatric. The controversy surrounding the ruinous management of Rolando Fernández as the director of the geriatric center should not be forgotten, as Juan Jose Pulgar, the new president of Montepío, denounced. The son of Villa had a contract of 50,000 euros gross per year, with a shield for dismissal of 80,000. He was dismissed as a manager, although he was kept as a supervisor, with a lower salary. Fernández responded with a medical leave. Before the judgment, he reached an agreement with the friendly society for which he would leave in exchange for 19,500 euros, far from the 80,000 that the contract established. Some time later he set up a fashion shop with his sister in El Fontán, in Oviedo, which has been closed for the last two days.
Villa has been summoned to testify in court number 3, but his lawyer has already submitted a brief arguing that the former unionist is not in a position to appear before the judge. As in his other judicial process, Villa has adopted the strategy of stating that he is very sick. So far, this hasn´t had good results for him.
