Overview

• Jacobo Teijelo has formally joined Cerdán’s defense, coordinating closely with Benet Salellas in a unified co-defense strategy
• The defense communiqué commits both firms to a fully coordinated approach aimed at proving Cerdán’s innocence in judicial proceedings and in the court of public opinion
• Since June 30, Cerdán has been held in preventive detention at Soto del Real prison under a Supreme Court order
• The detention follows a UCO report based on recordings by ex-advisor Koldo García that allege Cerdán led a kickbacks scheme in public works benefiting García and former minister José Luis Ábalos
• Cerdán denies all wrongdoing, rejects any payments to his party and insists his prosecution is a politically motivated effort against Pedro Sánchez’s government