Spanish PM’s former right-hand man jailed for 24 years for corruption

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/stephen-burgen· Jun 22, 2026 · 3:51 PM UTC ·3 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 32 views

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José Luis Ábalos attends a hearing in his supreme court trial in Madrid in April. Photograph: JJ Guillen/EPAView image in fullscreenJosé Luis Ábalos attends a hearing in his supreme court trial in Madrid in April. Nor will he have to hand back the €3.7m (£3.2m) he received in commissions over the procurement of masks.Explore more on these topicsSpainPedro SánchezEuropenewsShareReuse this content

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▪José Luis Ábalos attends a hearing in his supreme court trial in Madrid in April.
▪Photograph: JJ Guillen/EPAView image in fullscreenJosé Luis Ábalos attends a hearing in his supreme court trial in Madrid in April.
▪Nor will he have to hand back the €3.7m (£3.2m) he received in commissions over the procurement of masks.Explore more on these topicsSpainPedro SánchezEuropenewsShareReuse this content

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José Luis Ábalos attends a hearing in his supreme court trial in Madrid in April. Photograph: JJ Guillen/EPAView image in fullscreenJosé Luis Ábalos attends a hearing in his supreme court trial in Madrid in April. Photograph: JJ Guillen/EPASpainSpanish PM’s former right-hand man jailed for 24 years for corruptionJosé Luis Ábalos found to have taken bribes on Covid-era public contracts in damaging blow to Pedro SánchezStephen Burgen in BarcelonaMon 22 Jun 2026 11.51 EDTLast modified on Mon 22 Jun 2026 11.53 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleSpain’s supreme court has jailed the former transport minister José Luis Ábalos for 24 years for taking bribes on public contracts for sanitary equipment such as ‌face masks during the Covid pandemic.Ábalos’s aide, Koldo García, was jailed for 19…

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