Overview
- They appeared before Judge Arturo Zamarriego at Madrid’s Court No. 9 to face questioning from up to ten accusers, including the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
- The prosecution alleges Díez led a plan to discredit leadership at the Guardia Civil’s UCO and Anticorruption to neutralize probes affecting politicians and businessmen.
- The case file includes recordings in which Díez calls herself Santos Cerdán’s “right hand” and a video showing her seeking information on a UCO officer while offering to arrange talks with the Fiscalía, the clip that triggered the probe on July 24.
- A recording by prosecutor Ignacio Stampa captures Pérez-Dolset speaking of an assignment to “clean” the so‑called “cloacas,” quoting that “the president already said: ‘clean everything.’”
- Witness statements from prosecutors Ignacio Stampa and José Grinda, UCO commander Rubén Villalba, and several journalists weigh against the defense, while multiple associations and parties are personated and further imputations requested by some accusers remain pending.