Jose Maria GarciaSpanish sports journalist, He was one of the most important broadcasters in the history of Spanish radio, as well as causing a stir a few years ago when he asserted in an interview in “Salvados” that PP was irregularly financing itself in exchange for concessions. This interview led him to be at the center of controversy in which he ended up testifying before National Court Judge Manuel Garcia Castellón to clarify the accusations he made during the program.
But what does it have to do with the case of Gürtel and “El Bigotes”? And where does the surname come from? butaneWho is the journalist famous for? Today I am going to tell you some interesting things about Jose Maria García that you may not have known and would find interesting.
starting from His relationship with “El Bigotes”and his real name Alvaro Perez, who worked as a sound technician on one of the famous radio programs. El Bigotes was one of the main people involved in Gürtel’s plot, although long before he got involved he was learning radio during his time in the army, and later working for radio station Antena 3, where he met García.
On the other hand, many people think that a nickname butane It comes when the journalist was walking around our country’s football fields in an orange press jacket during the 1970s, but no, that’s not why he got such a strange nickname.
In fact, Jose María García became known as “El Butano” when Jorge Griffathe Argentine soccer player who was in the squad of Atletico Madrid in the past, He decided to give him this nickname when he saw him wearing a rather colorful orange trench coat during training.
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