Overview
- The investigating judge charged the owner, his wife, his son and the mine’s director with five counts of negligent homicide, plus a labor-rights offense and four injury counts.
- Precautionary embargoes totaling €1,150,000 were imposed on accounts, shares and real estate to secure potential compensation for the victims and survivors.
- The Guardia Civil’s report asserts the mine carried out unauthorized extraction without supervision, failed to provide mandatory protection such as self-rescuers, and ignored ATEX protocols.
- Court documents state investigators view Jesús Rodríguez Morán as the de facto administrator of Combayl and Blue Solving despite formal titles in family members’ names.
- Forensic inquiries continue into a likely grisú (methane) explosion, while a parliamentary commission and mining authorities prepare technical findings.