The Guardia Civil arrested six people and carried out several searches in connection with the Koldo case on 5 November 2026. According to consistent accounts from judicial sources, the measures form part of a new, separate strand of the investigation, ordered by Judge Ismael Moreno at the Audiencia Nacional and currently under seal. Investigators from the Unidad Central Operativa searched, among other places, the home of former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos and requested documents from the state railway infrastructure company Adif there.
According to reports by several news agencies, the actions are connected to alleged irregularities in the award of public contracts and possible bribes. Sources among the investigators said the operations took place in several provinces, including Madrid, Córdoba, Valencia and Seville. The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office was involved. Specific allegations against the individual people arrested have not yet been made public in the case file, owing to the judicial secrecy order.
Those detained reportedly include businessman Cristian Corvillo and Andrea de la Torre, according to consistent media reports. Europa Press also reports that among those arrested is the former driver of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Officials in judicial circles initially provided no full confirmation of identities or grounds for detention. Investigators are now considering their next steps before the competent judge of the Audiencia Nacional.
The Koldo case has comprised several separate proceedings since 2024 concerning alleged corruption linked to public procurement. According to reports, the new line of investigation targets people close to José Luis Ábalos and other individuals involved. The evidence and precise scope of the allegations in this pieza separada are not currently public, so reliable details about the individual suspects are still unavailable.
The facts are the arrests, the judge’s order for the measures, the search of Ábalos’s home and the request for information from Adif. Attributions from investigative and judicial circles concern the alleged links to procurement and bribery, as well as the identities of some of those arrested. No predictions about charges or the course of any trial are available. Further decisions by the Audiencia Nacional are expected in the coming days.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).