Overview
- The Supreme Court deemed the former transport minister a flight risk and ordered pretrial detention without bond.
- He is the first sitting member of Spain’s parliament to be imprisoned in the country’s modern democratic era.
- Prosecutors are seeking a 24-year sentence on charges including bribery, influence-peddling, embezzlement and rigging Covid-era public contracts.
- His incarceration automatically suspends his rights while he retains his seat, tightening a finely balanced chamber where Junts now holds decisive leverage.
- The court also remanded ex-adviser Koldo García without bail, as investigators point to Guardia Civil recordings and related probes that are increasing pressure on Sánchez.