Secret messages between Aldama and Delcy Rodríguez reveal business dealings and close friendship
The Guardia Civil seized hundreds of messages showing the close relationship between businessman Víctor de Aldama and Venezuela's acting president. The chats include birthday greetings and references to petroleum business dealings under investigation.
Seized chats expose Aldama's link to Chavista leadership
Hundreds of telephone messages intercepted by the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil and in the possession of Instruction Court Number 2 of the National Court reveal the close relationship between businessman Víctor de Aldama and Delcy Rodríguez, current acting president of Venezuela, according to El Mundo.
The chats, exchanged through the encrypted messaging application Threema, reflect a relationship that went far beyond merely professional: birthdays, Christmas messages, health problems and, at the same time, business dealings with Venezuelan oil that are the subject of investigation in the section concerning alleged irregular financing of the PSOE.
"Chévere Vic": the intimate tone of the messages
Rodríguez addressed Aldama with the nickname "Vic" in exchanges with the businessman who acted as a facilitator for the Government of Pedro Sánchez. Expressions such as "hello Vic", "okay Vic" or "cool Vic" appear repeatedly in the documentation seized by the National Court.
On 18 May 2025, Aldama congratulated Rodríguez on her birthday: "Many happy returns, I wish you the best birthday ever. How many candles, 25? Kisses, I love you, take care of yourself". The then vice-president replied: "haha, thanks Vic! 52!!!". The businessman responded: "Noooooo 52? That can't be right, well joking aside you look younger or I'm just falling apart hahaha kisses".
Mutual concern during the pandemic
On 9 August 2021, Rodríguez told Aldama that she was ill. The businessman responded: "Christ Delcy damn it this can't be happening. You need to slow down a bit for your health, for everything but above all for yourself. And forgive me for saying it like this but I love you and I don't want anything to happen to you, please". Rodríguez replied: "I know Vic. Are you still at the beach?".
Days later, on 13 August, Aldama informed Delcy that his family had contracted covid. The Venezuelan woman reacted with surprise: "Whaaaaaaaat? That can't be. And where did they get it?". On 20 August, Rodríguez asked about his health: "Vic how are you?". The businessman described two nights with a fever of 39 degrees and congestion symptoms before improving.
The comment about Pollo Carvajal
The messages also contain comments on current events linking Venezuela with Spain. On 9 September 2021, Aldama wrote to Rodríguez: "Did you see what happened with the Chicken? You remember I told you he was still in Madrid, hahaha, in the end it happened". The reference was to Hugo Armando Carvajal, known as Pollo Carvajal and former head of Venezuelan military intelligence, arrested that night in Madrid by the National Police. Rodríguez responded with a brief "yes", and Aldama added: "One down, the one in Italy to go".
The "boss" Ábalos and the verdict in the Masks case
The communications between both also contain multiple references to the "boss", an allusion to José Luis Ábalos. The Supreme Court, in the verdict of the Masks case—the first final ruling confirming corruption in the Sánchez Government—declared as an established fact that "Víctor de Aldama provided his connections with Venezuelan politicians" to the Socialist Party.
According to the ruling, he did so to arrange meetings at the PSOE federal headquarters with who then, in July 2019, held the position of Secretary of Organisation, that is to say with Ábalos. The High Court sentenced the latter to 24 years in prison for nine counts of corruption.
Aldama is currently collaborating with the judiciary to help interpret the content of these communications, in the framework of the investigation covering petroleum business dealings with Venezuela and his role as intermediary between the Chavista regime and the Spanish Executive.
Source: El Mundo