Justice

Justice Marchena lashes out against the partisan use of Justice: "The political battle must be fought in Congress"

Manuel Marchena entered this Monday into the debate on citizen distrust towards Justice with a firm defense of the judiciary and a direct criticism of the use of courts as an extension of the fight between parties. "A society cannot distrust its judges," said the Supreme Court magistrate during the...

New setback for those who want to freeze Cuelgamuros in Francoism: the National Court dismisses the precautionary measures of Christian Lawyers and maintains its re-signification

The Audiencia Nacional has rejected another attempt to stop the resignification of Cuelgamuros. The Contentious-Administrative Chamber has dismissed the precautionary measures requested by the ultra-conservative association Abogados Cristianos against the agreement reached between the Government and the Church to transform the mausoleum built by order of Francisco Franco into a...

More judges and prosecutors for an overwhelmed Justice system: the Government approves 700 new positions

The Government has approved this Tuesday the creation of 700 new positions for judges and prosecutors to try to alleviate a Justice system that suffers from delays, very high workloads, and increasingly visible public distrust. The Council of Ministers has given the green light to two royal decrees: one to...

New setback for former Attorney General García Ortiz from the Supreme Court: he will have to pay 39,000 euros for the costs of the González Amador case

The Supreme Court has once again closed the door on Álvaro García Ortiz. The Criminal Chamber has confirmed that the former Attorney General must pay 39,009.48 euros in legal costs for the procedure that ended with his conviction for disclosure of confidential data of Alberto González Amador, Isabel Díaz Ayuso's...

Judge Pedraz overturns Leire Díez's attempt to annul the case and keeps alive the investigation into the maneuvers against the UCO

New judicial setback for Leire Díez. The judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz has rejected the incident of nullity with which the former socialist militant tried to overturn the case in which she is investigated for alleged maneuvers to destabilize judicial investigations with an impact on the PSOE and...

Distrust in Justice soars: 77% of Spaniards doubt its impartiality with political parties according to the CIS

The Center for Sociological Research (CIS) has put numbers to a feeling that has been traversing political conversation for months. 76.9% of Spaniards believe that Justice does not always act impartially when investigating matters affecting political parties. The data comes amidst a succession of judicial cases, accusations of 'lawfare', clashes...

The State Legal Service stands before the Supreme Court for the regularization of migrants: "It is national competence"

The State Legal Service opposes the Supreme Court referring to the Court of Justice of the European Union the extraordinary regularization of migrants approved by the Government. The Executive's legal services argue that the measure falls within Spain's national competencies and that European law allows for the granting of residence...

France acquits ETA member Josu 'Ternera' in his last trial and leaves his judicial future in the hands of Spain

The Paris Court of Appeal has acquitted this Thursday the historic ETA leader José Antonio Urrutikoetxea, alias 'Josu Ternera', in the last trial he had pending in France. The court does not consider it proven that he belonged to the terrorist organization between December 2002 and May 2005, a period...

Francisco Granados, former Madrid PP councilor, sentenced to two and a half years in prison for the rigging of Púnica contracts

The Audiencia Nacional has sentenced Francisco Granados to two and a half years in prison in his first major corruption trial for the Púnica case. The court considers the former general secretary of the PP of Madrid and former counselor of Esperanza Aguirre guilty of fraud and prevarication for the...

Sixth Supreme Court case against 'Alvise', now for inciting blockades in agricultural protests against the Government

The Supreme Court has opened a new criminal case against Luis Pérez Fernández, known as 'Alvise', for an alleged crime of public disorder during the agricultural protests of February 2024. It is the sixth investigation opened in the high court against the ultra MEP and leader of Se Acabó La...

The questions Zapatero will have to answer before Judge Calama: from the rescue of Plus Ultra to the origin of the jewels

The former President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero will appear this Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. at the Audiencia Nacional to testify before Judge José Luis Calama in the 'Plus Ultra case'. The appointment has an evident political and institutional significance, as it will be the first time that...

The Seville Court confirms the fine of 5,700 euros to María León for assaulting an agent

The Provincial Court of Seville has ratified the sentence imposed on the actress María León, who will have to pay a total fine of 5,700 euros for a crime of resistance to authority and another minor offense of assault, following the incident she suffered with the Local Police of Seville...

Íñigo Errejón is summoned to trial for sexual assault

The Court of Instruction nº 47 of Madrid has decided this February 12, 2026 not to consider valid the withdrawal of the private prosecution filed by Elisa Mouliaá, representative of the Association for the Integral Defense of Victims of Specialized Crime. In this way, the prosecution continues in the proceedings for alleged sexual assaults against Iñigo Errejón. The court...

The judicial fronts of the ultra agitator Vito Quiles: two courts are investigating him for four crimes

The president of Red Eléctrica (Redeia), Beatriz Corredor, filed a lawsuit against Vito Quiles, a pseudo-journalist known for his political agitation on social media, and Madrid's Court Number 23 has responded by opening an investigation against the agitator. Corredor accused Quiles of crimes of harassment and violation of privacy, for...

The Andalusian Prosecutor's Office dismisses the first complaints for failures in breast cancer screenings

The **Superior Prosecutor's Office of Andalusia** has decided to **archive the first complaints** filed against senior officials of the **Andalusian Health Service (SAS)** for the failures detected in the breast cancer screening programs, including two former Health councilors and the current manager of the SAS, considering that there are no...

The Prosecutor's Office opens proceedings against Albiol for the mass eviction of migrants in Badalona

The Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Barcelona, through its Hate and Discrimination Unit, has opened investigation proceedings against Xavier García Albiol, mayor of Badalona, for the mass eviction carried out on December 17, 2025, at the former B9 institute, which left around 400 people, mostly sub-Saharan migrants, on the street. The investigation...

CIAF points to a possible track break before the Adamuz accident

Main hypothesis of lane fracture The first preliminary report from the Railway Accident Investigation Commission (CIAF) on the serious train accident in Adamuz (Córdoba) suggests that the rail fractured before the Iryo train involved passed over it, and that this fracture could have triggered the high-speed train's derailment, according to sources specialized in the investigation.  Technicians have...

The Audiencia de A Coruña acquits the former Adif security director for the Angrois Alvia accident

The Provincial Court of A Coruña decided this Friday to acquit the former Director of Traffic Safety of the Railway Infrastructure Administrator (Adif) in relation to the Alvia train accident that occurred in Angrois (Santiago de Compostela) on July 24, 2013, in which 80 people died and 143 were injured.  The court has upheld the appeals filed by the defense...

Government's legal blow against AI: the Artist's Statute will prohibit artificial intelligence from replacing workers in the sector

The Ministries of Culture and Labor are finalizing the anticipated Statute of the Artist, a royal decree aimed at modernizing the labor relations of those working in the performing arts, audiovisual, and music sectors. The text seeks to recognize and protect the rights of artists, technicians, and support staff, many...

New massive leak of personal data: Ayuso, Juanma Moreno and María Guardiola among those affected

The security of dozens of regional politicians has been severely compromised following the massive leak of personal data of high-ranking officials from at least 15 autonomous communities, including presidents Isabel Díaz Ayuso (Madrid), Juanma Moreno (Andalusia), and María Guardiola (Extremadura), as reported by Eldiario.es The information, published on forums and digital...

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The accusers hope for justice after Julio Iglesias's request to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction

Iglesias' lawyer has requested that the National High Court Prosecutor's Office archive the investigation, considering that Spanish courts do not have jurisdiction to hear facts that allegedly occurred in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas, emphasizing that neither the artist nor the accusers habitually reside in Spain. The singer's lawyer,...

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The Montoro court will take over the investigation of the Adamuz train accident

The judicial investigation into the serious train accident that occurred last Sunday in Adamuz (Córdoba), which has left at least 39 dead and dozens injured, will be handled by Section Civil and Instruction nº 2 of the Montoro Court, as reported by the Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA)....