BREAKING
- MAY 19 Zapatero indicted — first former Spanish PM ever charged in democracy
- MAY 20 Operation "Tibet": police raids at Zapatero's Ferraz office and daughters' agency
- MAY 6 Mask case trial closes after 14 sessions; awaiting Supreme Court verdict
- MAY 4-5 Ábalos testifies 6 hours denying bribes: "€10,000! How cheap I am"
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- MAY 19 Zapatero indicted — first former Spanish PM ever charged in democracy
- MAY 20 Operation "Tibet": police raids at Zapatero's Ferraz office and daughters' agency
- MAY 6 Mask case trial closes after 14 sessions; awaiting Supreme Court verdict
- MAY 4-5 Ábalos testifies 6 hours denying bribes: "€10,000! How cheap I am"
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UPDATED MAY 2026
THE PSOE SCANDAL
THE BIGGEST CORRUPTION SCANDAL
OF THE SÁNCHEZ GOVERNMENT
24 YEARS SENTENCE REQUESTED
FOR ÁBALOS
475 MILLION € AIR EUROPA BAILOUT
UNDER SUSPICION
5 CRIMES UNDER INVESTIGATION
AGAINST BEGOÑA GÓMEZ
THE CASES
4 interconnected investigations 01 KOLDO CASE
Corruption network in mask contracts during the pandemic
TRIAL ONGOING
02 BEGOÑA GÓMEZ
5 crimes under judicial investigation
ACCUSED
03 HYDROCARBONS
Venezuela-PDVSA connection and PSOE payments
UNDER INVESTIGATION
04 DAVID SÁNCHEZ
President's brother accused of embezzlement and influence peddling
TRIAL MAY 2026
2024—2026
TIMELINE
From the outbreak
to the trials
FEB 2024 20 arrested including Koldo and Aldama
NOV 2025 Ábalos and Koldo jailed without bail
APR 2026 Supreme Court, up to 30 years
MAY 2026 11 defendants in Badajoz
THE
PROTAGONISTS
+30 ACCUSED
JLA
JOSÉ LUIS
ÁBALOS
Former Transport Minister PRISON WITHOUT BAIL
24-30 YEARS KG
KOLDO
GARCÍA
Ábalos' former advisor PRISON WITHOUT BAIL
BG
BEGOÑA
GÓMEZ
President's wife ACCUSED · 5 CRIMES
DS
DAVID
SÁNCHEZ
President's brother TRIAL MAY 2026
