The Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard also appeared yesterday at the headquarters of the armed institute, in the center of Madrid. It did so to collect the documentation of some internal files that were opened against several agents for alleged leaks to the members of the network that intended to sabotage investigations related to the PSOE sphere. Curiously, the delegation of civil guards that burst into the building of the General Directorate was led by Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Balas, the officer whom the “plumbing” of Ferraz, headed by the former Secretary of Organization Santos Cerdán and the former militant Leire Díez, wanted to see “better dead” so that “he would not become the executioner of everyone.”

Jordi Pujol i Soley will be judged by history or time, but not by the courts. As of 10:55 AM yesterday, he is a man legally free for all purposes, as the case against him, which is being heard in the Audiencia Nacional against his entire family and nine businessmen for alleged corruption, has been archived or dismissed due to health reasons. The court summoned him yesterday for a medical and personal examination before deciding whether to keep him in the case and subject him to interrogation or, given his deteriorated state of health, to exonerate him. The president of the court, José Ricardo de Prada, issued a medical and judicial diagnosis, all in one: Pujol cannot be judged.

“Clean everything up.” That was the mandate Leire Díez received from the PSOE or, at least, that’s how she expresses it. The plot uncovered by the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz and led by the party’s former number 3 Santos Cerdán had a coordinated plan set: to go against judges, prosecutors, and civil guards to protect the Government and the PSOE. The organization had a series of objectives marked and the instruments they had to use for the success of their mission. First of all, it should be said that, despite the orchestration of the plan and the payment for it, successes were notably absent because to this day none of their objectives have been achieved, although along the way there have been dark threads.

It was supposed to be barely two hours, but Luis Bárcenas had to eat a sandwich in the hallway of the Audiencia Nacional because his statement lasted five hours. It was one of the most anticipated appointments of the Kitchen plot trial, one of the biggest scandals in a country too accustomed to corruption. And it did not disappoint.