Overview

• Spain’s Valencia flood inquiry escalated as CHJ chief Miguel Polo told the judge that regional president Carlos Mazón led the Cecopi late at night, while conflicting timelines over the Es Alert—received on phones at 20:11—remain under judicial investigation.
• The defense of former PSOE official Santos Cerdán filed a reform request accusing the Supreme Court instructor of distorting the record, arguing probes began while he still had parliamentary immunity and violated his rights.
• Mexican authorities kept up an extensive operation in Sonora after ambushes on National Guard and AMIC units, securing a vehicle with an AK‑47 and deploying aircraft as the search for a priority suspect continues.
• Buenos Aires police dismantled a network of alleged fake firefighters, arresting 29 people and seizing cash, false credentials, firefighting gear and nearly 20,000 medication tablets, with about 35% expired, from unauthorized bases and street operations.
• In Argentina’s trial over the attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Fernando Sabag Montiel’s defense sought acquittal on grounds of mental incapacity, while Peru’s Congress recorded a motion to interpellate Transport Minister César Sandoval over his professional suitability.