Spain's ex-PM Zapatero testifies as a suspect in the Plus Ultra bailout case

Spain's former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero appeared on Wednesday before Judge José Luis Calama, of the Audiencia Nacional, as an investigated person in the Plus Ultra case, in what constitutes an unprecedented event in Spanish democracy: it is the first time a former head of the Executive sits before a magistrate as a suspect.

He will answer questions from the judge and his lawyer, but not from the Anti-Corruption prosecutor. ...