The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, led by Alejandro Luzón, has formally requested the Supreme Court to keep former Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos in pre-trial detention, alleging a high risk of flight due to the proximity of the trial for the so-called 'face mask case', which investigates alleged irregularities in the awarding of public contracts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ábalos was sent to pretrial detention—without the possibility of bail—on **November 27, 2025**, along with his former advisor **Koldo García**, by decision of the investigating judge in the case, who considered the risk of flight to have become "extreme" given the proximity of the oral hearing.
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