Overview
- Agents sought documents tied to suspected irregularities in transport works awarded during José Luis Ábalos’s tenure as minister.
- The secret case lists Ábalos, his former adviser Koldo García, and former PSOE organization chief Santos Cerdán as targets of the investigation.
- UCO officers are extracting computer data and seizing files from the Bilbao and Madrid sites, with forensic review expected to take weeks.
- A June UCO report identified nine suspect tenders, five linked to Acciona, prompting earlier document requests and 11 prior searches.
- Projects under scrutiny include the Belate tunnel in Navarra, and Acciona has declined to comment after previously expressing surprise and concern about the probe.