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Ábalos Sues Audit Authors Over Alleged Falsification of Mask Procurement Audit

It calls into question the pandemic-era audit’s integrity after its findings were used to justify his Supreme Court investigation.

Overview

  • On July 28, 2025, former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos filed a querella in Madrid against Belén Villar and Belén Roel for documentary falsity and false perito testimony.
  • He contends the audit commissioned by current minister Óscar Puente misrepresented witness statements and selectively used data to cast his 2020 mask contracting decisions as arbitrary.
  • The report’s claim that Soluciones de Gestión doubled its order from four to eight million masks in 38 minutes is at the centre of his falsification allegations.
  • Ábalos argues the audit lacked any legitimate internal-control purpose and was timed for immediate public release to discredit past ministry leadership.
  • The court is now assessing the lawsuit’s admissibility and Ábalos is seeking to summon key witnesses including former Adif president Isabel Pardo de Vera.