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Courts in Peru and Spain Set Key Steps in Battles Over Prosecutors and Sánchez’s Spouse

Fresh court timetables underscore how procedural choices now shape power struggles over prosecutorial authority, political accountability.

Overview

  • Peru’s Judiciary will hold a virtual hearing on September 26 at 10:00 a.m. where Judge Juan Torres will assess Delia Espinoza’s amparo seeking to nullify the JNJ’s June 12 order reinstating Patricia Benavides.
  • Espinoza was suspended for six months by the JNJ on September 19 for not executing the reinstatement, and her suit asks the court to declare that resolution null and inapplicable.
  • Spain’s Supreme Court has confirmed a seven‑magistrate panel to try Fiscal General Álvaro García Ortiz, designating Susana Polo as ponente, with the trial expected in November.
  • The case against García Ortiz centers on an alleged March 13, 2024 leak to Cadena SER of an email from lawyer Carlos Neira about Alberto González Amador, as framed by instructor Ángel Hurtado.
  • Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has shifted the Vox‑originated malversación case against Begoña Gómez, Cristina Álvarez and Francisco Martín to a jury procedure and set a procedural hearing for September 27, as Moncloa criticizes the move and, according to ABC, unsuccessfully pressed the CGPJ to act.