Overview
- The court closed the investigation and advanced the case against ride owner Genaro Manuel Machado dos Santos and security councillor Patricia Rodríguez Calviño for possible negligent homicide and serious injury by negligence.
- The judge sent the case file to prosecutors and private accusers with a ten‑day deadline to request an oral trial or seek dismissal.
- The 2024 crash, which killed 38‑year‑old Iván Castaño and injured his companion, was linked by a court expert to loose securing bolts that failed from fatigue after being tightened with insufficient torque.
- The ruling says the attraction ran despite a municipal ban and finds the councillor failed to issue an enforceable shutdown order, relying on an email to local police instead of a formal action.
- The judge provisionally dismissed the case against three others named earlier in the probe: the Matamá festival committee’s former president, Vigo’s local police chief, and the city’s head of security.