Overview

• Carmen Adán said her office learned of the Bernedo allegations through media reports and demanded immediate judicial action.
• Juzgado de Instrucción No. 3 in Vitoria received the Ertzaintza atestado at the end of April but did not open preliminary proceedings.
• The prosecutor described the file as having been left in a “limbo,” a pattern she linked to an overburdened court.
• Ertzaintza began the investigation in January, moving the case across units in Gipuzkoa, Álava and Bizkaia, and alerted Gipuzkoa authorities in spring.
• The case concerns alleged sexual assaults and degrading conduct affecting at least three minors at the Bernedo summer camp between 2021 and 2024, prompting Gipuzkoa to halt placement of tutelados last summer after warnings and new family complaints last week.