Overview

• Luis Calvo, mayor of Agolada, was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for falsifying an official document to close the Lácteos Farelo wastewater treatment plant.
• The Provincial Court of Pontevedra also imposed 11 years of disqualification from public office and passive suffrage rights for prevarication.
• Calvo was fined 10 months at a daily rate of €15 and ordered to pay €27,798 in compensation to the affected dairy company, with the municipality bearing civil liability.
• The court found that Calvo fabricated a government board resolution on January 20, 2020, to justify the plant's closure, despite the board not existing at the time.
• The mayor has 10 days to appeal the ruling to the Superior Court of Justice of Galicia (TSXG).