Overview

• Judge Nuria Ruiz Tobarra removed a private accuser from the case after finding their actions constituted abuse of process and fraud on the court.
• The ruling highlights public statements in which the affected person called for the judge’s imprisonment and promoted conspiracy content, including false claims about mass deaths at the Bonaire parking garage.
• The court points to the accuser’s bid to join a disciplinary piece concerning Argüeso’s lawyer as evidence of full alignment with the defense’s strategy.
• A separate proceeding remains open to consider sanctions against the lawyer over filings and allegedly illicit photographs taken in court that included the judge’s husband and minor daughter.
• Ex-officials Emilio Argüeso and former regional minister Salomé Pradas remain under investigation over alleged negligent homicides and injuries stemming from the October 29, 2024 floods.