Overview
- Investigating Court No. 4 in Granada ended nine months of secrecy, releasing documents that keep the criminal case active and under instruction.
- Forty-three people are under investigation, including former Local Police chief José Manuel Jiménez Avilés, other officers, municipal hiring staff, selection board members and a psychologist.
- Case papers describe alleged offenses including abuse of privileged information, bribery, influence peddling, fraud in public hiring, falsifying documents and membership in a criminal group.
- The probe centers on recruitment processes in Granada (2019 and 2022), Albolote and Algarinejo, with investigators alleging exam questions were provided to favored candidates, many related to police personnel.
- Evidence cited includes UDEF-led February searches at police and municipal offices, seized documents, recorded conversations, cooperation from one investigated person and testimony from a protected witness, while separate complaints in other towns were archived for lack of sufficient indications.