They were the sewers
1. Every February 23rd, we remember that the trio of Tejero, Armada, and Milans del Bosch attempted a military coup in Spain. The assault on Congress lasted less than 24 hours and brought an end to the "cowards." But the army and the Civil Guard had tried to reverse, through the intimidation of arms, the nascent democracy that was beginning to emerge in Spain. From 1981 to 2026, we've seen it all, but 45 years later, the uniforms, the medals, and the peaked caps still think they are above good and evil. It's not enough for them to flaunt their pathological supremacism with an offensive self-importance. Like the stars they wear on their lapels, they display a moral superiority anchored in outdated values from another century, or from another regime they seem to yearn for. Do high-ranking police officers in Spain believe they are untouchable because they have turned the old question of who watches the watchmen into mere rhetoric?
2. Suddenly, however, the Deputy Director of the National Police, José Ángel González, has had to resign after being accused of rape by a female officer. His predecessor as Deputy Director of Operations, Eugenio Pino, the second-in-command of the police force but the one who wields the most influence, after setting up the "patriotic police" to bring down Bárcenas, to undermine Podemos, and to destroy the Catalan independence movement by slinging mud, plotting, and fabricating lies, has been sentenced to solitary confinement. USB drive of the Pujol family. Meanwhile, Pino is about to take the stand in the Kitchen case. A real angel, alongside then-Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz. Shall we continue? Less than a month ago, the legal proceedings began against Óscar Sánchez, head of the UDEF (Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit), who was arrested as one of the leaders of drug trafficking on the Iberian Peninsula. The head of anti-drug efforts in Spain knew the subject so well, investigated it so thoroughly, that he became involved in it. Presumption of innocence for him too, of course, although I'm eager for him to explain at the trial how he had twenty million euros, in cash, hidden in his house. And what about Félix Vicente Azón and María Gámez, two former directors of the Civil Guard who, in February, were charged with spying on politicians and pro-independence leaders using the Pegasus software? Shall we also talk about Paz Esteban? The director of the CNI—National Intelligence Center—is now under investigation for five crimes related to excessive espionage during the time of the military dictatorship.all for the homeland"They all took it away, to the letter, and heeded Aznar's maxim:"Whatever I can do, I will do."
3. The picture of the Spanish police leadership is becoming this grim. The expression "the sewers of the state" wasn't a metaphor; it was redundant. The case of José Ángel González is different. The human depravity is worse. His victim is a police inspector who has provided, in the case, audio recordings of the assault on Sant Jordi's Day and messages of coercion to drop the case. The fact that the rape occurred in an apartment belonging to the Ministry of the Interior and that official vehicles were misused means the charges include four offenses: sexual assault, coercion, psychological harm, and embezzlement. From the moment she fled while González was washing his hands at the kitchen tap, the woman knew she couldn't report him to internal affairs. They would have covered it up. Let justice take its course. Meanwhile, the PP and PSOE, in their usual relentless ping-pong match, are throwing accusations at each other. Now the PP is demanding the resignation of Minister Marlaska because he appointed González. But neither side realizes they are in the hands of a police force with a dangerous tendency: to overstep its constitutional rights for its own benefit. A complete cesspool.