Judge jails former Spanish minister ahead of trial, deepening deadlock in parliament
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Spain’s Supreme Court ordered lawmaker and former Public Works and Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos to be jailed without bond on Thursday after deeming him a flight risk ahead of his corruption trial. Prosecutors are seeking a 24-year prison sentence for Ábalos, who was a top figure in the country’s ruling Socialist Party between 2017 and 2021. The politician is being investigated for alleged bribery, influence-peddling and embezzlement in connection with public contracts during the Covid
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