Overview

• Twelve years after the 2013 Angrois derailment that killed 80 people and injured 144, Francisco Garzón gave his first television interview on La Sexta’s Salvados following his 2.5‑year sentence for gross negligence.
• Garzón said the crash was an accident caused by missing protections, pointing to absent balises and a prior disconnection of the ERTMS system that he argues would have warned him to brake.
• Defense lawyer Manuel Prieto questioned ADIF’s handling of the line’s safety and referenced former ADIF circulation safety director Andrés Cortabitarte when discussing how the route was put into service.
• Victims Jesús Domínguez, Teresa Gómez-Limón and Rogelio Bernardo appeared on the program and said they did not hold the driver responsible.
• Garzón described being arrested in the hospital after the crash and alleged leaks of his identity and internal audio recordings, saying he faced intense media pressure from the outset.