Overview
- In a brief dated January 2, the Madrid prosecutor opposed the judge’s request to the Guardia Civil’s UCO, calling it a “dejación de funciones” and describing the step as “chocante” in a jury-court proceeding.
- The prosecution joined Begoña Gómez’s appeal seeking the inadmission and archival of a new complaint aimed at revisiting the government’s rescue of Air Europa.
- Judge Juan Carlos Peinado asked the UCO on December 15 to report on whether “new facts” exist regarding the airline’s aid after receiving a submission from lawyer Eduardo Martín-Duarte.
- The triggering complaint alleged about €6 million in bank accounts in the Dominican Republic and Turkey linked to Gómez, a claim not verified in the case record and previously presented without success in other venues.
- Prosecutors note the Audiencia Provincial has already limited that investigative path absent objective new data, leaving next steps to be resolved through the pending reform appeal.