The well-known drug trafficker Pablo Campos Maya, nicknamed "El Pablo," and about twenty members of his clan arrested this week for their alleged participation in a money laundering network from the sale of drugs have been released on provisional bail.
The alleged leader of the group and eleven other people appeared on the morning of this Friday before the duty judge of detainees in the courts of Palma.
After the appearances, the judicial authority has ordered provisional release for all of them, imposing various precautionary measures, according to sources close to the investigation who spoke to Europa Press.
The other nine people arrested by agents of the National Police and the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency had already been released after declaring in police facilities, according to the same sources.
Despite not having gone through the duty court, these nine people remain under investigation in the judicial procedure, in which they are attributed alleged crimes of money laundering and belonging to a criminal organization.
The operation, carried out throughout this week and still ongoing, has so far resulted in 21 arrests, in addition to the seizure of vehicles, jewelry, firearms, and drugs, as well as the confiscation of 48 properties.
The investigations focus on the alleged laundering of 20 million euros from drug trafficking, which would have been used to acquire dozens of homes in the Palma neighborhood of La Soledat, considered for years the epicenter of the clan's activities.
Investigators have confirmed that the group was using these funds to buy, one by one, the houses located around the residence of the main suspect, "El Pablo." These properties were clandestinely renovated and joined together, creating large residences and drug sales points with reinforced doors and walls.
The house of "El Pablo" reached, according to the investigation, about 1,400 square meters, with a pool, garage, and a possible escape tunnel to be used in case of necessity. However, in the documentation of the Cadastre, it was not listed as a single residence, but as nine distinct properties that once occupied that plot and were registered in his name, his wife's, and other relatives'.