Overview

• Supreme Court magistrate Leopoldo Puente issued an order on Tuesday creating a new investigative piece into suspected irregular adjudications during José Luis Ábalos’s tenure at Transport.
• The order designates José Luis Ábalos, Santos Cerdán, Koldo García, Víctor de Aldama, and businessmen José Ruz Martínez, Antonio Fernández Menéndez, Daniel Fernández Menéndez, Fernando Agustín Merino Vera, and Joseba Antxon Alonso Egurrola as investigados.
• The original proceeding, already well advanced, remains focused on pandemic-era mask procurement that initiated the broader case.
• The newly opened line is in an incipient phase and will incorporate the UCO report that led to Cerdán’s imputation, Aldama’s December statement and documents, Koldo García’s testimony, and a handwriting expert report.
• Based on current indications, the order differentiates larger projects allegedly promoted for Acciona under Cerdán’s supervision from smaller contracts linked to Aldama with Ábalos and García, noting each group was not involved in the other.