The magistrate of Court number 2 of the Civil and Investigative Section of the Montoro Court of Instance, who is handling the judicial inquiry into the fatal train accident in Adamuz last January, has issued a ruling denying several requests made by the Railway Accident Investigation Commission (CIAF) through the Civil Guard.
The resolution, dated April 7, follows the court's receipt of several police reports from the Judicial Police Organic Unit of the Civil Guard, which conveyed various requests from the CIAF. The investigating judge has responded to each with a denial, at least provisionally.
There is no ground, for now and until judicial experts are appointed, for the request to access the remains of the Alvia train.
This denial is temporary and contingent on the appointment of experts, a step that has not yet occurred in the case. Similarly, the judge has rejected the request for access to the wagons and railway material, arguing that this petition “is not of interest to the current investigation,” as extensive photographic documentation from the ocular inspection is already available.
The ruling also denies the release of recordings and the final emergency deployment report from the Andalusian Health Emergency Service 112, deeming them also “not of interest to the investigation of the case.”
In contrast to these denials, the judge has proactively required Renfe Viajeros Sociedad Mercantil Estatal S.A. to provide, within ten days, information on the location of points enabled for the delivery of passengers' belongings and luggage, as well as copies of the records or receipts corresponding to deliveries already made.
The Adamuz accident, which occurred in January, resulted in fatalities and triggered a dual investigation: a judicial one, led by the Montoro Court of Instance, and a technical one, entrusted to the CIAF, an agency under the Ministry of Transport. This ruling highlights that these two investigative paths do not always proceed without friction.
