Overview
- He was identified at border control and detained on a national arrest order after landing on Aerolíneas Argentinas flight AR1134.
- Authorities placed him at the disposal of the Audiencia Nacional, with a decision on his custody expected within hours.
- His name still appears on Interpol’s 2006 international detention order tied to cases stemming from Operación Malaya.
- Argentina’s Supreme Court rejected Spain’s extradition request in December 2022 on statute-of-limitations grounds following his 2016 surrender in San Juan.
- Fernández fled Spain in 2006 during the Marbella corruption probe after serving as a councillor first for GIL and later for the Partido Andalucista.