Overview
- The Court of First Instance and Instruction No. 1 of Elda postponed the videoconference statements of Rodolfo Martín Villa and former Policía Armada agent Daniel Aroca del Rey to 4 February 2026.
- The delay was attributed to logistical problems at the Albacete and Madrid courts designated to host the telematic appearances.
- The judge rejected Martín Villa’s challenge to the order admitting the family’s criminal complaint, with the Alicante human-rights and memory delegate of the prosecutor’s office opposing his appeal.
- The proceedings, admitted in November 2024 on a complaint by the victim’s brother, remain in the instruction phase and are described by rights groups as the first Franco-era querella accepted by a Spanish court.
- Teófilo del Valle, 20, was shot dead during a labor protest in Elda on 24 February 1976; Aroca was later acquitted by a military tribunal as acting in the line of duty, an outcome now under renewed judicial review.