What is Luis Roldán?
[[File:Toma de posesion del director general de la Guardia Civil. Pool Moncloa. 5 de noviembre de 1986 (cropped).jpeg|right|200px]] '''Luis Roldán Ibáñez''' (16 August 1943 – 24 March 2022) was a Spanish [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|Socialist Workers' Party]] politician. He was the director general of the [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Civil Guard]] from 1986 until 1993. He was born in [[Zaragoza]], [[Spain]]. Roldán escaped from Spain in 1994 after being accused of [[fraud]]. He surrendered in 1995 at the airport in Bangkok. Between 1996 and 1998 he was tried in a court of Madrid. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison for [[embezzlement]], bribery, [[tax evasion]] and fraud. In 2005 he was allowed out of prison to work.<ref> {{Cite web | author = Hernández, J.A. | title = La Audiencia de Madrid permite a Roldán salir de la cárcel para trabajar | date = 20 April 2005 | publisher = El País | url = http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Audiencia/Madrid/permite/Roldan/salir/carcel/trabajar/elpepiesp/20050420elpepinac_21/Tes }}</ref> in an intermediate regime between the second and third degree. <ref> {{Cite web | author = Colpisa | title = María Teresa Campos entrevista a Luis Roldán | date = 14 November 2008 | publisher = Diario de Navarra | url = http://www.diariodenavarra.es/20081114/television/maria-teresa-campos-entrevista-luis-roldan.html?not=2008111401115749&idnot=2008111401115749&dia=20081114&seccion=television&seccion2=television&chnl=40 }} </ref> Roldán died on 24 March 2022 in Zaragoza at the age of 78.<ref>[https://elpais.com/espana/2022-03-24/muere-luis-roldan-el-director-de-la-guardia-civil-que-saqueo-los-fondos-reservados.html Muere Luis Roldán, el director de la Guardia Civil que saqueó los fondos reservados] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roldan, Luis}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish politicians]] [[Category:Fraudsters]] [[Category:People from Zaragoza]] [[Category:Spanish criminals]] {{bio-stub}}