The Operación Puerto investigation moved forward to the next stage on Thursday with the questioning of Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes and Jose Luis Merino today at court number 31, Plaza de Castilla in Madrid. According to Spain's news agency EFE, both of them remain with the same charges against them. The judge will now decide whether to dismiss the case or send it to trial.
"There is an open procedure and my client's situation as an accused person doesn't change after today's presentation," said Fuentes's lawyer Julian Perez Templado. "He has been declaring for more than two hours. The process will be opened up to investigation depending on the judge's decision. We do not know when the following procedural steps will take place, because among other things, there are pending blood analyses."
