Overview
- Prosecutors filed their formal case requesting 24 years in prison and roughly €3.9 million in fines for former transport minister José Luis Ábalos, 19 years and 6 months and a similar fine for ex‑aide Koldo García, and 7 years for intermediary Víctor de Aldama with a reduction for cooperation.
- The filing attributes five crimes to Ábalos and García—criminal organization, bribery, misuse of privileged information, influence peddling and embezzlement—while accusing Aldama of criminal organization, bribery and misuse of privileged information.
- Anticorruption asked magistrate Leopoldo Puente to convene an article 505 hearing to reconsider the defendants’ liberty and modify current precautionary measures.
- A recent UCO report details at least €550,000 in alleged 2% kickbacks tied to Acciona on AVE works in Murcia and urges adding the Belate tunnels adjudication to the investigation.
- On the same day, Judge Puente ordered the release of former PSOE organization secretary Santos Cerdán with passport withdrawal, a ban on leaving Spain and biweekly court check‑ins.