Overview
- UDEF officers searched the airline’s Madrid headquarters and executives’ homes, seizing and imaging computer devices under a court order.
- The investigation is led by Anticorrupción before Madrid Investigative Court No. 15, and key proceedings are under secrecy, according to judicial and police sources.
- ABC reports the detainees are owner Julio Martínez and chief executive Roberto Roselli, with the company saying it is cooperating and continuing normal operations.
- Prosecutors have examined documents alleging transfers connected to a wider international network tied to Venezuelan gold sales and entities in Mauritius, Panama and the UAE.
- A prior case examining the 2021 SEPI rescue was archived in 2023 for lack of illegality, but new inquiries and testimony have renewed judicial scrutiny.