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Spain's Supreme Court jails ex-minister Ábalos for 24 years in pandemic graft case
Spain's Supreme Court has sentenced former transport minister José Luis Ábalos to 24 years in prison for leading a scheme that rigged COVID-19 mask contracts. His aide Koldo García received 19 years. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was not charged, but the verdict — the first in a wider run of graft cases — sharpens questions about the stability of his fragile coalition.