Overview
- The judicial inquiry at Juzgado de Instrucción 3 de Vigo remains open with the ride operator and the festival commission president under formal investigation.
- The parents, acting as private accusers, have petitioned to include the Concello de Vigo among the investigated parties for ignoring its own ban on the unlicensed 'saltamontes' ride.
- They are awaiting a meeting with the mayor after expressing frustration at what they describe as abandonment by public authorities following their son’s death.
- Local officials have implemented stricter licensing checks for attractions at this year’s Matamá festival in response to last year’s safety failures.
- Their lawyer, Carlos Pérez Parga, is pressing for clearer regulations on temporary public spectacles to ensure such a tragedy cannot recur.