Valladolid Court of Investigation No. 6 is examining the El Salvador Funeral Group to determine whether coffins were hidden after purchase, used during cremation, and then resold. As part of the inquiry, twenty-five individuals connected to the case faced prosecution under an order that advanced the abbreviated procedural system of the preliminary investigation.
In the judicial decision reported by EFE, the events under scrutiny are evaluated for possible permanent criminal liability, including aggravated fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, desecration of corpses, and involvement in an organized crime group.
The investigation specifically explores the potential involvement of the case in a substantial scheme involving roughly 6,000 coffins between 1995 and 2015, according to case sources.
The court document notes potential legal accountability and discusses reasons for oral proceedings or the dismissal of action through a jointly prepared indictment within a fifty-day window for commercial entities Agencia Funeraria Castellana and Parque El Salvador to be examined.
It adds that prosecutors may exceptionally request additional procedures they deem necessary to articulate the charges effectively.