Overview
- Javier Marañón of Córdoba and David Rodríguez of Granada have been detained since January in a case tied to a failed digital TV project.
- The European Parliament cites obstructed consular access and intercepted contacts with Spanish diplomats and calls for immediate safeguards including a fair trial, medical care, and legal counsel.
- Families report the men have been incommunicado since late May with only two short embassy visits and say both undertook hunger strikes, with one reaching a critical state.
- Equatorial Guinea rejects allegations of mistreatment and portrays the case as a corruption investigation linked to Operación TDT, with suspected fraud, bribery, tax evasion, and prohibited negotiations.
- Defense lawyers say the investigative phase has closed and the case awaits a trial date, while reporting the project’s contracts exceeded €30 million across several companies.