Overview

• Ministers María Jesús Montero, Pilar Alegría and Óscar López amplified a manipulated report claiming ex-UCO agent Juan Vicente Bonilla planned to place a sticky bomb under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s car.
• The allegation traced back to El Plural was discredited after it was found to omit context and misrepresent recorded conversations.
• Óscar López demanded that Madrid’s president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, immediately dismiss Bonilla from his role overseeing security at the Madrid Health Service.
• PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo and other conservative figures condemned the government’s use of unverified claims to target regional rivals.
• Castilla-La Mancha’s president Emiliano García-Page voiced support for Guardia Civil personnel he said were unfairly attacked by the circulated hoax.