Corruption
Supreme Court Suspends Voting Rights For Those Registered Under ‘grandchildren’s Law’
MADRID, Spain – The Supreme Court has provisionally suspended the voting rights of descendants of Spaniards registered under the so-called Grandchildren’s Law, with the Third Chamber taking the decision just one day after both Vox and Iustitia Europa requested these precautionary measures due to the irreversible effects they argued could occur on the electoral register. […]
Government Now Says It Is ‘impossible’ To Calculate Migrants In Ceuta
MADRID, Spain – Minister of Territorial Policy Ángel Víctor Torres has stated that it is now “impossible” to provide an exact figure for the number of migrants remaining in Ceuta following the mass entry on 30 July, acknowledging that more than a month after the incident, authorities still do not know precisely how many people […]
Former Plus Ultra President Confirms 1% Rescue Payment Was Intended For Zapatero
MADRID, Spain – The former president of Plus Ultra, Julio Martínez Sola, has confirmed during his testimony before a National Court judge that the airline allocated one percent of the 53-million-euro bailout granted during the pandemic to compensate former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for his alleged mediation in securing the rescue, though he […]
Civil Guard Union Denounces Mafia Activities In Ceuta Smuggling Migrants To The Mainland
MADRID, Spain – The Unified Association of the Civil Guard, the majority union representing the force, has denounced the lack of resources available to officers facing migration pressure in and around the autonomous city of Ceuta, as criminal networks continue to exploit dense fog conditions to traffic migrants towards the Spanish mainland. In a post […]
Police Union Alleges Government Reprisals Against Officers
MADRID, Spain – The National Police union JUPOL has denounced what it describes as a situation of governmental harassment at the highest level against officers from the General Commissariat for Immigration and Borders who prepared the report attributing responsibility to Morocco for the mass border assault in Ceuta. The union claims that the Police Directorate […]
PSOE Bars Mayors From Joining Ceuta Solidarity Rallies
MADRID, Spain – The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party has distanced itself from the mobilisations planned for September 2 in front of town halls across the country and has prohibited its mayors from taking part, with the party leadership issuing an internal statement accusing the Popular Party of attempting to use the situation politically. Soros-linked NGO […]
Police Raid Canary Islands Migrant Center NGO, Arrest PSOE-Linked Leadership
CANARY ISLANDS, Spain — Spanish police have executed a major operation targeting Quorum Social 77, a non-governmental organization that has managed a vast network of centers for unaccompanied migrant minors in the Canary Islands. The raids, which took place early Thursday morning, included the NGO’s headquarters and five of its facilities across the archipelago, resulting […]
Former Civil Guard Director Implicated in Alleged PSOE Cloacas Case
MADRID, Spain — Judge Santiago Pedraz of Spain’s National Court (Audiencia Nacional) has formally implicated former Civil Guard Director Leonardo Marcos in the ongoing investigation into the alleged “sewers” (clandestine dirty tricks operations) of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE). This judicial development places Marcos in the same procedural position as his successor, Mercedes González, […]
Anti-Corruption Prosecutors Say Zapatero’s Influence in Plus Ultra Bailout Is ‘Evident’
MADRID, Spain — Spanish anti-corruption prosecutors consider it evident that former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero leveraged his influence at high levels of government to facilitate the 53 million euro public bailout of the airline Plus Ultra, despite ongoing and categorical denials from the former leader. Moncloa Grows Uneasy As Zapatero’s Silence In ‘plus […]
Zapatero Defense Crumbles as Key Witness Admits Influence Peddling in Plus Ultra Bailout
MADRID, Spain — The legal defense of former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has suffered a severe setback after Julio Martínez Martínez, a central figure in the alleged “Plus Ultra” influence peddling scandal, voluntarily submitted a written statement to the National Court admitting that the former leader negotiated a commission for the airline’s […]