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Spain's former transport minister sentenced to 24 years in prison for corruption

2026-06-22 18:50:42Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Spain's former transport minister sentenced to 24 years in prison for

Spain's Supreme Court has sentenced former Socialist Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos to 24 years in prison in a corruption case related to COVID-19 mask contracts.

Once a senior figure in Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's Socialist Party (PSOE), Ábalos was found guilty of his role in a corruption scheme linked to the awarding of mask contracts during the COVID-19 pandemic. His former aide, Koldo García, was also sentenced to 19 years in prison and businessman Víctor de Aldama to four and a half years.

The decision was made unanimously by a panel of seven judges.

The scheme that the minister and the two others had created centered on contracts to supply 13 million masks to Spain's state entities, Puertos del Estado, and rail infrastructure operator Adif through a company linked to Aldama during the most critical phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The court found that the then minister received a range of benefits in exchange for promoting business interests. These included a monthly payment of €10,000 for what were described as his "fixed expenses", payment of housing costs for a person in his inner circle and the employment of two women linked to the former minister in public companies overseen by the Ministry of Transport.

Several real estate transactions are also linked to the same scheme, including a lease-purchase agreement between Aldama and Ábalos for a property in Madrid, as well as similar agreements involving houses in Marbella and La Línea de la Concepción.

The court linked these operations to efforts undertaken on behalf of business interests, including actions related to the publication of a statement regarding the government-backed rescue of the airline Air Europa and the granting of a hydrocarbons license.

The decision is a major political blow to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and his name is not mentioned in the case. Ábalos was one of Sánchez's closest allies during the socialist leader's rise to power and served as Transport Minister and as the PSOE's powerful secretary of organization, a role that oversees the party's internal structure and electoral machinery.

The Supreme Court's decision is particularly significant because it is the first major final conviction involving a former senior member of Sánchez's administration.


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