Overview
- González testified on Wednesday that he never asked the Canal de Isabel II or regional officials to award work to a company linked to his brother and his brother‑in‑law and that he did not know of their ties to Tecnoconcret.
- Prosecutors say the Canal leadership steered contracts to builder Dragados, which then subcontracted Tecnoconcret to hide family links, and they rely on documents seized in searches to support that claim.
- Fiscalía Anticorrupción is asking for six years' prison for González and the same term for three co‑defendants, including his brother Pablo Manuel González and his brother‑in‑law José Juan Caballero.
- The trial, which moved through testimony and evidence presentation this month, has reached its final phase and will next hear closing arguments from the prosecution followed by defenses and the defendants' last words.
- The case is the first criminal trial linked to the long‑running Lezo probe that led to high‑profile 2017 arrests and it carries political and civil consequences for the Canal, the Comunidad de Madrid and the Partido Popular.