The Spanish National Police's Economic and Tax Crime Unit (UDEF) considers that former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero may have exercised “non-visible leadership” in an alleged influence network that facilitated the EUR 53 million bailout of airline Plus Ultra during the covid-19 pandemic. The report, comprising more than 300 pages and submitted to National Court judge José Luis Calama, was disclosed on Saturday by the outlet Infobae España and forms part of the judicial file investigating the maneuvers to obtain the public aid from the State Industrial Holdings Company (SEPI) in 2021.

La expresidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid echa la vista atrás sobre el rescate que se produjo con el actual presidente del Gobierno

Un cruce de mensajes entre dos directivos de la compañía habla de un encuentro presencial con “los zapateros y los chinos” el 14 de octubre de 2020