Spanish rail authorities are facing a European fraud investigation into funding intended to upgrade the railway line where a train crash killed 69 people.
Prosecutors have begun examining how European Union money allocated for improvements to the line was used. The investigation centres on whether funds intended to modernise the railway were properly handled.
The inquiry follows the disaster on the line associated with Urda, although the supplied information does not give further details about when the crash occurred, the circumstances of the accident or the specific works covered by the funding.
No allegations have been proven. The investigation is at an early stage, and the available information does not identify any individual officials or organisations as having been charged with fraud.
The latest known position is that prosecutors are examining the use of the EU funds. Further details about the scope of the inquiry and any potential findings were not provided.
