Politics · Spain · 3 hrs ago
Former Adif chief offers to cooperate with Spain’s anti-corruption prosecutors
Isabel Pardo de Vera has offered to cooperate with Spain’s anti-corruption prosecutors in a judicial investigation.
She is a former state secretary for transport and former president of Adif, Spain’s rail infrastructure manager.
She is under investigation over Jésica Rodríguez’s hiring by Tragsatec after Rodríguez’s contract with Ineco ended.
The case concerns Rodríguez, the former partner of ex-transport minister José Luis Ábalos.
Investigators are also examining alleged manipulation of major public works contracts linked to the Transport Ministry.
Pardo de Vera has denied taking part in any contract manipulation, while prosecutors have welcomed her offer to cooperate.
The hiring case is nearing the end of its investigation, and she is expected to face trial; the terms of any cooperation have not yet been agreed.
Isabel Pardo de Vera’s lawyer told Spain’s Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office that she is willing to cooperate with the judicial investigation.
The former Adif president is under investigation over the hiring of Jésica Rodríguez and alleged irregularities in major public works contracts.
The terms of any cooperation with the National Court have not been agreed.
Legal and prosecutorial sources quoted by El Mundo said the offer was viewed positively because Pardo de Vera may have information about the contracts.
She has denied taking part in any rigging of public works contracts.
- Who
- Isabel Pardo de Vera, former president of Adif and former secretary of state for transport.
- What
- Her lawyer told anti-corruption prosecutors that she is willing to cooperate with the investigation.
- When
- Her lawyer visited the prosecutor on Thursday; the article was published on October 22, 2026.
- Where
- Spain’s National Court and Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.
- Why
- Investigators believe she may have useful information about alleged irregularities in major public works contracts.
Pardo de Vera
Investigators
Alleged contract rigging
Pardo de Vera
Pardo de Vera has denied taking part in rigging public works contracts.
Investigators
Investigators are examining alleged irregularities in major public works contracts and consider her information potentially valuable.
Adif’s contracting practices
Pardo de Vera
Pardo de Vera said it was “impossible” to commit this kind of crime given the company’s internal structure.
Investigators
Investigators are examining possible rigging of contracts for major public works from the Transport Ministry.
In an interview with El Mundo, Pardo de Vera said she was willing to cooperate with the Justice system.
Her lawyer visited the anti-corruption prosecutor in the Koldo case to communicate her willingness to cooperate.
- Person
- Isabel Pardo de Vera
- Lawyer
- Gonzalo Rodríguez-Mourullo
- Prosecutor’s office
- Spain’s Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office
- Court
- Spain’s National Court
- Separate investigation
- Alleged rigging of major public works contracts
- Related hiring case
- Jésica Rodríguez, former partner of José Luis Ábalos
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What people are saying
I want to cooperate. Indeed, if the Justice system considers that information I may have from the time I held my posts about various people could be relevant, I am available. I will always cooperate because I trust in the Justice system.
At Adif, what was awarded was because it deserved to be, and what was not, was not.