Ana Garrido Ramos
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Ana María Garrido Ramos (born c. 1966) is a former local government employee of Boadilla del Monte town council in the Madrid metropolitan area. She is a key witness and whistleblower in the Gürtel case, an ongoing political corruption scandal in Spain.
In 1993, Garrido Ramos started employment with the Ayuntamiento de Boadilla, working in the youth section. She became its head in 2007. In March 2008, Mayor Arturo González Panero chose to stand down after a period of illness and went to stay in Costa Rica. González Panero was later named in the Panama Papers.
An internal company document suggested that he acted beyond his remit both geographically and in political and business dealings. Even though Garrido Ramos had knowledge of the entire contents of the document, she decided not to blow the whistle, fearing reprisals, and continued to work for the Ayuntamiento de Boadilla.
Somehow the anti-corruption organisation Manos Limpias ("Clean Hands") received the document, which it submitted to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, which prompted them to start investigations into what was to become the Gürtel case.
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