José Luis Terreros, president of CELAD (Spanish Commission for the Fight against Doping in Sport) confirmed today, in the Europa Press breakfastswhich for the moment they cannot open files to penalize the athletes and support personnel involved in Operation Ilex, the doping plot allegedly led by Dr. Marcos Maynar.
“Sometimes we find ourselves with the judicial obstacle. Spanish judges are not sufficiently informed about anti-doping laws and they don’t argue well enough. We know perfectly well what is there, but to sanction, the judge must authorize the agency to receive the data. We requested the appearance and he accepted it to deny it after three days. We send you a report on the dangerousness of the substances to allow the UCO (the Central Operative Unit of the Civil Guard) to pass us the data and suspend athletes who have been cheating. Everything, by virtue of article 31.6 of the Anti-Doping Law, which states that any court should send us the amount of guilt to sanction… But, it tells us that it will not do so until the procedure is dismissed, “Terreros complained bitterly.
ANDno bliss operation, in which Maynar and a collaborator were arrested, The former director of Kelme Vicente Belda and one of his sons (Vicente Belda García) who works as a masseur for Astana, Miguel Ángel’s team, appear as investigated Superman Lopez, who in September was called as a witness. According to research sources, In the plot there are “athletes who could already be sanctioned with the abundant information” with Spanish licenses, as Belda Jr. has. (support staff). At the international level, CELAD hoped to send information to other bodies such as the UCI (International Cycling Union).
In the registry at the Faculty of Sports Sciences of Extremadura, where Maynar works, and at a home, doping substances such as Menotropin were intervened, which increases testosterone levels. Maynar is accused of “drug trafficking, doping in sport, belonging to a criminal group and money laundering.” The investigation is in the Court of First Instance and Instruction number 4 of Cáceres, in charge of magistrate María de la Cruz de la Torre.
