Overview

• Judge Ruiz Toborra issued an auto on July 31 formally discarding the Guardia Civil UCO report on the October 29, 2024 flood as erróneo and beyond its scope
• Her ruling dropped charges against Miguel Polo, president of the Confederación Hidrográfica del Júcar, by rejecting his imputation in the investigation
• Ruiz Toborra criticized the UCO document for including assessments of negligence and emergency response failures instead of limiting itself to a chronology
• Emilio Argüeso’s defense praised the report as “extraordinarily professional” and has asked the court to summon its authors for ratification and questioning
• Anonymous security sources described the judge’s public dismantling of a Policía Judicial report as unprecedented and questioned its propriety