Overview
- The Supreme Court Prosecutor’s Office closed the file on allegations of embezzlement, influence peddling and sexual harassment involving Mayor and senator José Ignacio Landaluce.
- The archive follows a January 9 order by the fiscal instructor, with prosecutors stating there are currently no investigative proceedings and that the matter could be revisited if new evidence is presented.
- A defense request to join the proceedings was rejected because the case had already been archived.
- Landaluce remains in his posts after suspending his Popular Party membership and giving up party roles, now sitting in the Senate’s mixed group and as a non-affiliated councillor in Algeciras.
- The PSOE complaint, filed December 9 by Rocío Arrabal, cited accounts attributed to PP councillors Susana Pérez, Eva Pajares and Laura Ruiz, and Landaluce has filed a criminal complaint against Arrabal and announced legal action against MEP Alvise Pérez.