Arcos real estate corruption case

La Opinión de Málaga prints more details about the Arcos real estate corruption case based in the Axarquía village of Alcaucín.The paper says that investigations have revealed that the ex Mayor of the town, José Manuel Martín Alba, and the ex assistant architect in the provincial Diputación government, José Francisco Mora, both received backhanders for granting favours to real estate developers and promoters.The case summary describes the relationship between the two men as ‘special’, and notes that one did not act without counting on the other.Fake reports were drawn up to allow the building to proceed. Part of the case summary says ‘The Mayor of Alcaucín frequently visited the professional offices that Chiqui Mora had in the Diputación de Málaga’. It was here that the fake reports were made allowing the Mayor and others to ignore the legislation which should have been applied in the cases of the illegal constructions in the municipality.