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The slow wheels of Spanish justice have finally ground forward with a trial for seven people linked to the Operación Puerto blood doping ring dating back to 2006.

According to a statement released Tuesday, Madrid’s Superior Court said that sports doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, ex-Liberty Seguros sport director Manolo Saiz and five others arrested by Spain’s Guardia Civil in May 2006 will face charges of endangering public health and face possible jail terms of up to two years.

Others involved include former Kelme directors Vicente Belda and Jose Ignacio Labarta and doctors Yolanda Fuentes, José Luis Merino Batres and Alfredo Córdova.
Eufemiano Fuentes, Manolo Saiz and others face trial on public-health charges | Velonews.com