Corrupt political corruption
Zapatero has appealed the judge's order to investigate his accounts and those closest to him
The defense of the former president of the Spanish government has warned that a "general" authorization to investigate bank accounts could lead to a "prospective investigation."
Kitchen trial is over after four months
Over four months, more than 100 witnesses have testified, and the trial has been seen for sentencing.
The chairman and CEO of Plus Ultra resign
This week they admitted to the National High Court that they paid 530,000 euros for the mediation of Zapatero and his partner, after which they decided to resign.
Interview with Zapatero: "I didn't talk to anyone about the rescue of Plus Ultra, or the SEPI, or the government."
Zapatero has denied that he knew in advance that the government would rescue Plus Ultra.
The businessman Martínez Martínez presents Zapatero as an intermediary and admits that he received 530,000 euros
According to businessman Julio Martínez Martínez, Zapatero promised to diversify the payment of 1% of the bailout.
Businessman Julio Martínez implicates Rodríguez Zapatero in the loan to Plus Ultra
In a letter addressed to the judge of the National High Court, the investigator states that the former president "marked the steps to be taken" in rescuing the airline and admits that he received a 1% commission for mediation.
Judge to question Jessica Rodriguez, former partner of Abalos, for "plugging in" Ineco and Tragsatec
The brother of Koldo García, former adviser to Ábalos, Joseba García, as well as Ignacio Zaldivar, former senior official of Adif, will testify as an investigator.
The Spanish Government expresses its hope that the innocence of David Sanchez will be tested
The sentence imposed on the brother of the President of the Spanish Government, sentenced to nine years' disqualification from public employment as the perpetrator of an offence of administrative prevarication.
David Sanchez has been sentenced to nine years' disqualification for public employment
The Badajoz High Court has found the brother of the President of the Spanish Government guilty of a crime of administrative prevarication.
Judge Pedraz charges Sanchez's former chief of staff and former post office president in the Leire case
The judge wishes to clarify Serrano's involvement in alleged obstruction of judicial investigations, including a meeting on 26 April 2024 and discussions with Leire Díez.
The UCO believes the former post chairman gave Leire Díez a position
According to the UCO, Juan Manuel Serrano actively participated in the facts investigated, "bothin relation to profit in the business sphere of the SEPI and in relation to the defence of the interests of certain members of the PSOE and the Spanish Government ".
Two and a half years in prison for former Madrid councillor Francisco Granados for the Punica case
From 2007 to 2014, in the award of public contracts, he has been accused of favouring the festival company Waiter Music, with which Granados has received his second sentence in the Punica case, after two and a half years in pre-trial detention.
The prosecution has requested the indictment of the General Director of the Civil Guard, Mercedes González, for the Leire case
The president of the SEPI and the former president and CEO of Tubos Reunidos are charged in the Leire case
Judge Santiago Pedraz of the National High Court has charged 25 people, all of them company managers and SEPI leaders, after finding "evidence of crime."
Zapatero's secretary refuses to testify before the Senate inquiry committee
Gertrudis Alcazar exercised his right to remain silent on Monday and avoided answering questions from the PP, Vox and UPN.
Sanchez says there can be no impunity for corrupt people, "whoever they are."
The President of the Spanish Government has shown his respect for the Supreme Court's ruling on Wednesday against former Minister José Luis Abalos and has assured him that he was "never" aware of corrupt practices affecting some members of his government and party, and that if he knew them, he would not accept them.
Moncloa insists that there are people who have "failed" Sanchez and do not need to resign
On Monday, PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo again called for the resignation of the government president after the Supreme Court sentenced Abalos to 24 years in prison.
Zapatero raises the invalidity of the case if the judicial endorsement of some evidence is not established
The former President of the Spanish Government has sent several briefs to the judge after testifying as an investigator as the alleged leader of an influence-trafficking network in connection with the rescue of the airline Plus Ultra.
The judge has not imposed precautionary measures on Zapatero: he has not seen any risk of escape or destruction of evidence
According to the judge, he has not refuted the reasonable evidence of an offence contained in the indictment.
Zapatero arrives at the National High Court to testify as accused
The former President of the Spanish Government was originally to testify in the Plus Ultra case, but in the end he has to do so because of the jewels that have been seized from his home.