The story of how José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was put under siege begins in October 2024 and ends in May 2026. It started as a casual discovery, a “ZP” on a phone, a “Z” that was not enough. In recent years, besides the public – and notorious – nature of his ties with Venezuela, the former prime minister had been involved in the socialist electoral campaigns as a lifeline for Pedro Sánchez. Nineteen months after that “ZP,” a judge from the National Court ordered the search of his office. How did the Police and, above all, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office manage to find him?

The Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard has come this morning, by order of the National Court, to search the headquarters of Tubos Reunidos, one of the companies rescued during the pandemic by the State Industrial Holdings Company (SEPI), just like Plus Ultra.