The far-right takes advantage of the tragedy to make politics against Sánchez: from Vito Quiles' hoaxes to Abascal's opportunism

The railway tragedy recorded this Sunday in Adamuz (Córdoba) has already left 39 people dead and 152 injured, five of them very seriously, after the derailment of an Iryo high-speed train that was covering the Málaga–Madrid, Puerta de Atocha route and which, upon invading the adjacent track in the access to the station, collided with another train. The accident, which occurred shortly before eight in the evening, has caused a large mobilization of emergency services and has opened an official investigation to clarify the causes of the accident.

The magnitude of the accident and the social impact of the tragedy have marked the first few hours afterward: as emergency teams deployed and automatically moved to the area, and the first investigations began to determine what caused this derailment. However, before any clear and technical conclusions are known, the far-right wing has used this tragedy to lash out at Pedro Sánchez's government. 

On the one hand, the leader of Vox, **Santiago Abascal**, published a message on social media at 10:42 PM — in the midst of the tragedy and when the first reports were still coming in — which, after expressing his "desolation" over the accident and asking for prayers for the victims, quickly devolved into a direct attack on the Government's management. "I cannot trust the actions of this government. Nothing works under corruption and lies," he wrote, generically attributing the tragedy to the supposed "manifest incapacity of political power" and comparing the Government's alleged incompetence with the professionalism of the emergency services, which constitutes an example of political opportunism in a time of crisis to provoke resignation and hatred.

Beyond the political opportunism of the opposition, the accident has also served as a loudspeaker for the dissemination of hoaxes or unverified information. The far-right agitator Vito Quiles published what he presented as an alleged "exclusive": a supposed statement from train drivers dated August that would warn of the poor condition of the Adamuz line and which, according to his version, would have been ignored by the Ministry of Transport. Based on that document, Quiles described the accident as "political negligence" and demanded the immediate resignation of Minister Óscar Puente.

However, this supposed report **has not been confirmed by official sources or by the railway unions**, and it clashes with the information provided by the Ministry itself, which has indicated that the section where the derailment occurred was **recently renovated**. The Minister of Transport has described what happened as "very difficult to explain" and has announced the opening of an **independent investigation**, emphasizing the need for prudence and rigor in the face of a tragedy of this magnitude

The rapid circulation of messages assigning blame to politicians and presenting unverified hypotheses occurs in a context where hospitalized passengers continue to be treated, with hundreds injured, and psychological support is being provided to the victims' families. Various public institutions have insisted that any premature conclusions not only constitute an offense to those demanding respect in these circumstances but also contribute to polluting public debate with hatred and falsehoods. This is a time that requires respect, truthful information, and constitutional responsibility