Overview
- El Comercio published the 2023 Instagram exchange between Claudia Montes and Adrián Barbón detailing her outreach over alleged wrongdoing at Renfe and its subsidiary Logirail.
- Montes asked Barbón to investigate then Logirail director Óscar Gómez Barbero and claimed to have recordings describing the creation of permanent jobs.
- She proposed an in‑person handover of “proof” and said she had also informed former transport minister Raquel Sánchez.
- Barbón declined a meeting and repeatedly urged her to report to the Fiscalía, explaining she could request confidentiality and cautioning against withholding potential evidence.
- The release comes after Barbón told reporters he did not know Montes personally and had not received corruption indications, and the report cites no independent verification of the recordings or a confirmed filing with prosecutors.