Overview
- The Culture Ministry has notified the Fundación Nacional Francisco Franco of an extinction procedure, opening a 10‑business‑day window for the group to submit allegations.
- The case dossier draws on a review of roughly 5,500 website texts by the State Secretariat for Democratic Memory, testimonies from victims, a State Attorney’s Office opinion, and expert analysis.
- Authorities plan to ask a judge for precautionary measures to suspend or limit the foundation’s activity while the judicial process unfolds.
- Officials are examining how to protect and potentially recover parts of the foundation’s archive of about 30,000 documents, including materials they say should be in state custody, citing the Pazo de Meirás case as a model.
- The foundation rejects the government's claims, calls the alleged humiliation of victims baseless, says it will present allegations, and signals a court fight over free expression and association, with the final decision resting with the judiciary.