Overview
- Cerdán leaves Soto del Real on provisional release with fortnightly court check‑ins, a ban on leaving Spain and passport withdrawal, after the court found no current risk of flight or reoffending.
- Anticorrupción’s indictment requests 24 years for former minister José Luis Ábalos, 19.5 for ex‑advisor Koldo García and 7 for intermediary Víctor de Aldama for the pandemic masks contracts.
- Prosecutors charge Ábalos and García with criminal organization, bribery, use of privileged information, influence peddling and embezzlement, seeking fines of about €3.9 million each, indemnities to Ineco and Tragsatec, and the confiscation of at least €430,298.
- The filing follows the judge’s shift of the masks piece to procedimiento abreviado on November 3, moving the case toward trial after giving the prosecution ten days to submit the written accusation.
- A recent UCO report details an alleged 2% commission scheme via Servinabar tied to Acciona contracts that yielded at least €550,000, identifies further adjudications including in Murcia and asks to add the Belate tunnels to the investigation.