Overview
- Spain’s Anticorruption Prosecutor says Víctor de Aldama won Canary Islands emergency mask contracts through €10,000‑a‑month payments to Koldo García, an operation that investigators say reached then‑regional leader Ángel Víctor Torres.
- Anticorruption has asked the Audiencia Nacional to question Koldo García and Víctor de Aldama as suspects for alleged influence peddling, with appearances set for November 27 and 28.
- The UCO documented dozens of messages between García and Torres describing pressure to expedite payments to Soluciones de Gestión and indicating personal involvement by Torres in unblocking transfers.
- Vox has filed a criminal complaint at the Supreme Court accusing Minister Torres of false testimony in Parliament, citing the latest UCO findings on his contacts and role.
- The Supreme Court trial of Prosecutor General Álvaro García Ortiz continues this week, with UCO agents due to ratify reports on deleted messages and device changes after journalists testified they had the key email before he received it.