Overview

• In Senate testimony, Tragsatec controller Sergio Bote said he raised concerns in 2021 over Jesica Rodríguez’s missing timesheets before receiving a superior’s email ordering him to stop pressing for records.
• The email was relayed by ex-manager Caridad Martín, who said it originated with Adif’s Ignacio Zaldívar and instructed Bote to “leave Jesica alone.”
• Virginia Barbancho previously testified that Adif officials had pressured Tragsatec staff to overlook Rodríguez’s absence and that she never activated the company’s fingerprint system.
• Bote noted that Tragsatec’s 27,000-employee workforce is subject to strict time‐tracking controls, making Rodríguez’s case unprecedented.
• Caridad Martín has been suspended at Tragsa and critics say she is being used as a scapegoat to shield officials linked to the PSOE.