
The former director of the Civil Guard testifies before Judge Santiago Pedraz about the report on David Sánchez Pérez-Castejón
The former director of the Civil Guard Leonardo Marcos has denied before Judge Santiago Pedraz that he had pressured the UCO so that the report on David Sánchez Pérez-Castejón came out 'clean', although he admitted having asked for speed.
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Leonardo Marcos declared himself under investigation before Judge Santiago Pedraz at the National Court.
The former director of the Civil Guard Leonardo Marcos denied this Thursday in court that he pressured the agents of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) so that the report on the president's brother, David Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, came out "clean."
In his appearance as an investigator before the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz, the person who was in charge of the Armed Institute between June 2023 and September 2024 has admitted that he asked them to "hurry up" when preparing it.

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) is investigating the Ministry of the Interior after the publication of a report that classified journalists according to their political ideology, analyzing whether the General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) was violated.

Begoña Gómez's defense requested her acquittal in the preliminary hearing before Judge Juan Carlos Peinado. Popular accusations call for 13 years in prison for embezzlement and influence peddling, while the Prosecutor's Office also advocates for acquittal.
Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has called a preliminary hearing for tomorrow after the presentation of the defense briefs of Begoña Gómez and her advisor Cristina Álvarez, in the case of the co-directed chair at the Complutense University of Madrid, where the opening of the oral trial for alleged crimes of embezzlement and influence peddling will be debated.

Opponents of prison officials who survived the Adamuz train accident ask to take an exam in Huelva to avoid traveling to Madrid again, but Penitentiary Institutions have backed down after receiving complaints from other applicants.

The Prosecutor's Office and the State Attorney's Office oppose suspending the registrations in the Electoral Census of Absent Residents (CERA) requested by Vox and Iustitia Europa. They argue that suffrage is a legal consequence of nationality and should not be massively revised.
Given the increase in organized crime crimes in Barcelona, the Prosecutor's Office proposes that a professional court, instead of a popular jury, judge these cases to protect citizens from possible threats and bribes.