Guardia Civil accuses PSOE leaders of running '7elilalmundo' corruption network
Spain’s Guardia Civil has concluded that a clandestine network within the ruling PSOE party—codenamed "7_el_il_al_mundo"—was orchestrated by former party secretary of organization José Luis Ábalos Cerdán and his deputy Leire Díez to shield Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez from corruption probes, according to a leaked judicial summary accessed by *El Mundo*.
The 1,200-page investigative file, part of a case overseen by Judge Santiago Pedraz, alleges Cerdán and Díez "directed" the operation, repurposing the party’s own infrastructure to "protect the interests of the president of the government." The Guardia Civil’s report, submitted to the court on June 2, details how the network allegedly manipulated investigations, suppressed evidence, and funneled illicit payments through shell entities. One transaction, disguised as a €18,125 payment for "European elections 2024" advertising, was later traced to a media outlet linked to the network, *El Mundo* reports .
Key revelations from the summary include:
The case has deepened divisions within the PSOE. Emiliano García-Page, president of Castilla-La Mancha and a party veteran, warned that the Díez affair could be "tremendous" and urged the PSOE to file lawsuits against those "staining" the party’s name . Meanwhile, Judge Pedraz’s investigation remains open, with no formal charges filed against Cerdán or Díez as of June 3.
The "7_el_il_al_mundo" network—named after a cryptic reference in internal documents—emerged in early 2024 amid the fallout from the Koldo case, which implicated Ábalos in irregularities tied to pandemic-era contracts. The current revelations suggest the operation extended beyond isolated incidents, with the Guardia Civil describing it as a "criminal structure" embedded within the PSOE’s organizational apparatus.
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