The second operation against the purchase of votes in Melilla results in 33 defendants. The judge releases 20 investigators, including bricklayers and small businessmen who allegedly collaborated with the plot to rig public contracts.

Five of the 33 investigated remain in provisional prison, notified and without bail. Police sources place the epicenter of the plot in the localist party, which was part of the tripartite government of the autonomous city presided over by Eduardo de Castro and which also included the PSOE.