Overview

• A Buenos Aires court rejected Estefani Budán’s appeal on arson and threats charges, leaving her detention order in place as she awaits further proceedings.
• Prosecutors in Buenos Aires province have charged officer Thomas Valentín Zalazar with exceeding legitimate defense in a fatal Banfield shooting, though he remains free pending trial.
• Spain’s Supreme Court appeal chamber upheld Judge Leopoldo Puente’s April order to probe contracts highlighted by businessman Víctor de Aldama by dismissing appeals from ex-minister José Luis Ábalos and former adviser Koldo García.
• The court also authorized the Guardia Civil’s SECRIM unit to perform a forensic audit on audio recordings used against ex-official Santos Cerdán to confirm they have not been tampered with.
• Mexico City’s attorney general has seized multiple vehicles and intensified forensic and testimonial evidence gathering in the double-homicide investigation of two municipal officials shot by motorcycle gunmen.