Overview
- Interim prosecutor Tomás Gálvez said Peru’s Lava Jato, EFICCOP and Cuellos Blancos teams have “completed their cycle,” signaling their deactivation and a transfer of cases to ordinary offices under a pending reorganization.
- Peru’s Public Ministry reinstated Luis Arce Córdova as a supreme prosecutor after his rehabilitation by the JNJ and assigned him to the Supreme Family Prosecutor’s Office, renewing questions about internal alignments.
- Spain’s Supreme Court opened oral proceedings against former minister José Luis Ábalos and ex‑advisor Koldo García over pandemic mask contracts, kept them in custody, and set a €60,000 bond to secure potential liabilities.
- A UCO report cited by Spanish media alleges roughly €1 million was deployed to influence officials in the hydrocarbons case, including benefits such as a La Alcaidesa property linked to Ábalos.
- In Argentina, a service‑station employee in Quimilí sought an eximición de prisión in a probe of alleged fraud exceeding $100 million pesos tied to unauthorized fuel “promotions,” with the filing forwarded to prosecutor Luciana Jacobo ahead of a likely hearing.