Luis Fernández, Valladolid's anti-drugs chief: from decorated police officer to internal investigation subject
The chief inspector of the Valladolid anti-drugs unit accumulated medals and taught Criminal Law whilst Internal Affairs secretly investigated him.
The model police officer from Valladolid who concealed an internal investigation
According to lasexta.com, Luis Fernández was the image of an exemplary police officer: head of the Drug Trafficking unit of the National Police in Valladolid, decorated with three white cross medals for his work against drug trafficking and recognised by his colleagues as someone who "worked many hours, a model policeman", as described by Álvaro Muñoz, journalist at El Norte de Castilla.
At weekends, Fernández returned to Cuéllar, his hometown in Segovia province, where he is known as the doctor's son. Neighbours consulted by the Equipo de Investigación programme describe him as "a wonderful guy, and an even better father". Some also noted that his wife "carried very expensive handbags".
His career in the National Police began in Immigration Affairs, in Fuerteventura. From there he moved to Madrid—Carabanchel—then to Segovia and Ávila, until in 2015 he took command of the Drug Trafficking unit in Valladolid. That same year he began his teaching activity, teaching Criminal Law at a city academy.
In 2022, the Valladolid Town Council, then presided over by Óscar Puente, appointed him Honour Guard. A student at the academy where he taught acknowledged that, although he had never had him as a professor, the situation had been "a great disappointment for all of us who are trying to become police officers".
Whilst his reputation remained intact both in his town and in professional circles, Internal Affairs had already been investigating him in parallel for three months.
Source: Google News ES — Crime (es)