Overview

• On July 3, the Juzgado de Instrucción No. 3 de Vigo ordered provisional imprisonment for José Manuel Rodríguez Lamas and three alleged accomplices arrested in Ribadumia.
• Policía Nacional de Vigo had tracked the group’s activities after uncovering a butrón in a wall adjacent to a bank branch in Santiago.
• Investigators accuse the suspects of attempted burglary, license plate falsification and belonging to a criminal organization.
• Rodríguez Lamas, known as “El Pulpo,” was convicted in 1997 for four murders and released in 2023 after serving the remainder of his sentence in a social insertion center.
• Defense attorneys lack full access to the sealed case file as the court maintains confidentiality during the pretrial phase.