Overview

• Martínez had been held since May 29 on charges of leading a criminal network accused of stealing and selling sensitive data from public and private entities.
• Magistrate Tardón cited the removal of any risk of evidence destruction as the basis for granting him provisional liberty.
• The Comisaría General de Información of the Guardia Civil confirmed that all materials related to Martínez’s case are safeguarded.
• The release follows a prosecutor’s request once investigators deemed that all evidence-dependent measures had been satisfied.
• Martínez served as secretary of state for security under Mariano Rajoy’s government before his arrest in the wide-ranging 'Operación Borrasca' inquiry.