Overview

• Judge Leopoldo Puente opened a separate piece to examine suspected irregular awards of public works during José Luis Ábalos’s tenure at Transport.
• The original case keeps the masks-procurement line, described as very advanced, and the new strand on works contracting is at an incipient stage.
• The new piece names as investigados José Luis Ábalos, Santos Cerdán, Koldo García, Víctor de Aldama, and businessmen José Ruz, Antonio and Daniel Fernández Menéndez, Fernando Agustín Merino, and Joseba Antxon Alonso.
• The order incorporates UCO material, including June 5 audio recordings and a report, along with Víctor de Aldama’s December cooperation and documents, plus handwriting expert findings.
• Investigators distinguish larger Acciona UTE projects allegedly under Cerdán’s direction from smaller awards reportedly promoted by Aldama, Ábalos, and García, with Andalusian works such as the Puente del Centenario and the N‑IV among those under scrutiny.