The sale of the luxury penthouse acquired by the Community of Madrid has not quelled the controversy; on the contrary, it has fueled it. Every new detail about the purchase process calls into question the structure of the official narrative offered so far by the Government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso. The latest revelation places the origin of the operation months before the signing. According to El País, between January and March of this year, Planifica Madrid was tasked with finding an apartment between 250 and 400 square meters with “a large terrace” in Chamberí or its surroundings. At no point in that assignment was it specified that the property had to house offices or workspaces. The penthouse that the public company would end up buying on April 14 had been listed since January 31 for 6.6 million euros.

The United States Department of Homeland Security collaborated with the Spanish police in the money laundering investigation that led to the case opened by the National Court against the former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, according to a department spokesperson, a fact that already appeared in the order of the National Court judge who charged him with allegedly leading a network of influence peddling and money laundering, which represents a new setback for the left-wing Government, already harassed by other corruption scandals.

The details of the case affecting the airline Plus Ultra for allegedly having paid for influence to secure a bailout of 53 million euros reveal their ways of proceeding. In a conversation found on the phone of one of the investigated, there is talk of paying ladies in cash, after having received 50,000 euros in cash. “We have to take care of the judges, police, and officials hehe,” they boast in messages sent on New Year’s Eve 2020.

Ceuta remains the whirlwind that can engulf the Spanish Government. The declassification of Intelligence documents to try to prove that the Executive did not receive a clear warning about what could happen at the end of July has provided more information about the events in Ceuta, but it has not resolved the confusion about the behavior of state mechanisms on both sides of the border.