Fresh revelations link Leire Díez to meetings with State Prosecutor's Office and Civil Guard
Documents seized from the former Socialist official confirm encounters with senior officials of state institutions, forcing the latter to acknowledge the facts.
Fresh revelations link Leire Díez to meetings with State Prosecutor's Office and Civil Guard
Agents from the UCO discovered among the effects of former Socialist leader Leire Díez a notebook that is altering the official narrative of the case. The handwritten notes demonstrate that the defendant maintained direct contact with officials from the State Prosecutor's Office and the Civil Guard, encounters that both institutions have been forced to admit when summoned by the courts.
The information has been published by El Mundo.
Judge Santiago Pedraz, acting at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office specialising in corruption offences, demanded explanations regarding a meeting noted as "FGE Meeting". The department headed by Teresa Peramato confirmed that, during March and April of the previous year, Díez was received at the Fortuny building by Villafañe, at that time the right-hand man of chief prosecutor García Ortiz, along with prosecutor López Pesquera. Curiously, these visits were never reported to the courts that were already investigating the same person.
For its part, the Civil Guard leadership issued a statement on the evening of 4 June admitting between two and three meetings with the person under investigation. The notebook records how Díez pressured for disciplinary proceedings to be opened against UCO agents, linking director Mercedes González to the opening of at least three dossiers for information leaks damaging to the Executive.
The pages of the notebook contain references to Pedro Sánchez under the initials "P. S.", including a note dated 3 February of this year. Moncloa has flatly denied any relationship. There are also references to cabinet members such as Grande-Marlaska, whom the notebook links to pressure from the unit specialising in high-profile cases, and Óscar Puente, mentioned in connection with possible legal action regarding the audit of health purchases during the pandemic.
The content of these notes contrasts with the portrayal that had been circulated from government circles of Díez as a person without capacity or credibility, now forcing the institutions themselves to acknowledge the authenticity of the recorded contacts.
Source: El Mundo