The judge in charge of the Plus Ultra case at Spain's National Court has eased precautionary measures for Julio Martínez Martínez and other suspects. The ruling allows free movement in the Schengen area and removes the requirement to sign in court every 15 days. The judge determined the flight risk has diminished.
José Luis Calama, the judge at National Court Instruction Court number 4, lifted the travel ban outside Spain and the biweekly court sign-in requirement for Julio Martínez Martínez, Roberto Roselli and Julio Martínez Sola. The decision rests on the assessment that flight risk is sufficiently addressed by lighter obligations, such as responding to court communications and reporting address changes.
The suspects remain linked to alleged crimes of money laundering, criminal organization and misappropriation tied to the 53 million euro rescue of airline Plus Ultra. The case stays under secrecy at the National Court.
Martínez Martínez, a friend of former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, also faces probes into funds exceeding half a million euros held in Miami. Anti-corruption prosecutors are examining possible Venezuela connections.
