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Operación Kitchen trial begins at Spain's National Court amid challenges and PP distancing
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Spain's National Court in San Fernando de Henares opened the Operación Kitchen trial on Monday, investigating a 2013 parapolice operation under Mariano Rajoy's government to spy on former PP treasurer Luis Bárcenas and steal compromising PP documents amid the Gürtel case. Ten ex-officials, including former Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz, face up to 15-year sentences from Anticorruption Prosecutors. Defenses challenge jurisdiction and evidence, while current PP leaders distance the party and PSOE seeks to impute María Dolores de Cospedal and the PP.
Two Civil Guard commanders testified Tuesday before Judge Santiago Pedraz in the case over the alleged plot led by Leire Díez.
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Ignacio Gordillo, a prosecutor for three decades at Spain's Audiencia Nacional, died Monday in Madrid at age 75. His career was linked to cases against ETA and the GAL.