The judge concludes that Mustafa Aberchán and his party, Coalition for Melilla, diverted public funds to “achieve the Government” of the autonomous city in 2019 and try to ‘stay’ in power in 2023. The judge emphasizes that there was “a distribution of functions among the people involved” in what she calls a “criminal network” The investigations point to the alleged rigging of awards worth six million euros.

On Tuesday night, the magistrate agreed to the provisional arrest of four of those investigated.