Convictions mount as Sánchez fights to distance himself from corrupt allies
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Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez is under renewed pressure after former transport minister José Luis Ábalos was sentenced to 24 years for a Covid-era corruption scheme involving kickbacks on public contracts; the ruling, along with other allied legal troubles, fuels opposition calls for his resignation and tests Sánchez’s effort to dissociate himself from his inner circle, even as he vows to govern until 2027.
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- Former Sánchez ally jailed for 24 years in Spanish corruption case Euronews.com
- Spain's ex-transport minister sentenced to 24 years for corruption Reuters
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