"In the immediate aftermath of the floods that killed at least 228, Valencians kn" – Washington Post, June 10, 2025

In the immediate aftermath of the floods that killed at least 228, Valencians knew that the official response had gone terribly wrong. Now, Spain is asking whether the mismanagement was not just catastrophic but criminal. Over the past few months, a judge has been interviewing survivors and collecting phone records and text messages while summoning insiders to testify about what happened behind the scenes. Already, Judge Nuria Ruiz Tobarra — whose own courthouse was flooded — has placed two politicians involved with the emergency response under investigation and is weighing whether to indict them for reckless homicide and reckless injury. The premise of the investigation is stark: that many of the deaths were preventable. Read more: https://wapo.st/4kyBnHE

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