Overview
- Spanish judge José Luis Calama kept the Plus Ultra investigation open after José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s first formal statement, ruling on Wednesday that the existing 'indicios racionales de criminalidad' remain but refusing to impose travel or other restrictive measures.
- Investigators recovered jewels worth about €1.3 million from a safe in Zapatero’s office whose origin remains unexplained while prosecutors cite alleged bank transfers, phone messages and a suspected 1% commission tied to the €53 million 2021 Plus Ultra rescue.
- The PSOE leadership publicly defended Zapatero’s presumption of innocence while regional parties urged more answers, a political reaction that could complicate budget talks and election positioning in Madrid.
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said U.S. authorities have not delivered the evidentiary file requested for urgent detention of Sinaloa governor Rubén Rocha Moya, prompting Mexico’s FGR to open its own probe rather than carry out an immediate arrest for extradition purposes.
- Argentina’s Senate postponed a session on Chief of Cabinet Manuel Adorni to June 25 after prosecutors sought documents and records in a probe of undeclared assets, leaving open the possibility of interpellations or a later motion that could affect the governing coalition.