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Family Calls for Vigo Council Probe in Festival Ride Death Inquiry

Dolores and Secundino Castaño say the Concello de Vigo must face investigation over safety oversights at last year’s Matamá festival

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.