Overview
- The Fifth Section of the Provincial Court of Pontevedra sentenced Juan Carlos Santórum to 13 years in prison and imposed a hefty fine for leading the plot tied to the 2020 MV Karar seizure.
- Judges convicted him of major drug trafficking and integration in a criminal group, while rejecting accusations of membership in a criminal organization.
- Fourteen MV Karar crew members, including the captain, received six years each, with foreign nationals to be expelled after time served.
- An official from Customs Surveillance was sentenced to 11 years and six months for drug trafficking and money laundering, and another defendant linked to a Madrid cash delivery received eight years.
- In total, 26 people were convicted in connection with the 3,824‑kilo shipment intercepted after departing Panama, and the verdicts can be appealed to the Galician High Court.