Overview
- Guardia Civil commander Rubén Villalba, who met Leire Díez in March at the behest of contacts linked to Ferraz, will testify on November 5 as a witness about those encounters, according to a judicial summons reported by La Razón.
- In written notes and an initial recording, Villalba says Díez pressed for sensitive information on UCO leadership, targeted lieutenant colonel Antonio Balas, proposed steering his legal defense, and portrayed herself as connected to top party and government figures.
- Judge Arturo Zamarriego’s court has set November statements in the case, with Díez and businessman Javier Pérez Dolset due on November 11 as the investigation proceeds on alleged influence peddling and bribery.
- A recording published earlier captured Díez offering an arrangement with the State Legal Service and the Prosecutor’s Office to avoid a conviction in exchange for material implicating Balas, a detail cited in the imputation order.
- Separately, ex‑adviser Koldo García has asked the Supreme Court to identify any UCO accesses to his data and to examine possible unlawful ‘prospective’ inquiries, citing 2021 WhatsApp messages involving former UCO captain Juan Vicente Bonilla.