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Oviedo Court Acquits Laureano Oubiña in Operation Matta Case

The ruling cites a lack of evidentiary certainty in the long-running investigation known as Operation Matta.

Overview

  • The judgment signed on November 13 by magistrate María Luisa Barrio concludes that the evidence did not reach the certainty required for a criminal conviction.
  • The court found that Oubiña’s phone contacts and two meetings in Vilanova de Arousa with Carlos de la Mata were insufficient to infer a role in supplying cocaine.
  • Co-defendant José María A. M. was also acquitted of money laundering after the court accepted that an €11,000 transfer related to a legitimate vehicle sale.
  • The same decision convicted around twenty other defendants of drug trafficking, criminal group membership, and money laundering, and it ordered the seizure of assets.
  • The court lifted all precautionary measures against Oubiña and applied a highly qualified mitigation for undue delays after more than eight years of proceedings.