Fernández Díaz's former number two arrested

BarcelonaThe former deputy head of the Interior Ministry during Jorge Fernández Díaz's administration and Mariano Rajoy's government has been arrested, according to the newspaper. The Independent According to legal sources, former Secretary of State for Security Francisco Martínez is being investigated for money laundering, discovery and disclosure of secrets, and organized crime. This is a secret case being handled by Court No. 3 of the National Court, headed by María Tardón. hacker José Luis Huertas –known as Alcasec–, Adrián Molina and the YouTuber Álvaro Martín, who works in the cryptocurrency sector, has been arrested in Andorra. According to legal sources, modus operandi It involved the extraction of data from public and private entities through cyberattacks and, subsequently, its commercialization and the laundering of the profits.

sensitive," explain sources from the National Court, who detail that three of the four detainees will be brought before Tardón tomorrow, Thursday. The General Information Commissioner of the National Police has carried out the investigation under the coordination of the AN and the authorities of Andorra and Switzerland have collaborated. Press, explain that Martínez – who 50 years ago this Tuesday – was a lawyer for Alcasec when the hacker was a minor. In the current case, and according to the same sources, the man who was Fernández Díaz's number two in the Interior Ministry would have formed two companies for said hacker in exchange for 1,500 euros. Along these lines, they point out that Martínez's role was limited to this and that he supposedly did not administer or manage these companies. According to sources close to the defense, he was also not in charge of the accounting.

It should be remembered that Alcasec was previously arrested by the National Court. hacker, who was prosecuted last January for his connection to a cyberattack, had already been arrested by police in May 2024.

Involvement in Operation Catalonia and the Kitchen

Be that as it may, this isn't the first time Francisco Martínez's name has made headlines. Beyond his work at the Interior Ministry, he is already under investigation by the National Court in the Kitchen case, which is investigating whether Interior Ministry officials allegedly spied on former PP treasurer Luis Bárcenas to also recover documentation for the dirty war against the independence movement orchestrated by Mariano Rajoy's government. Recently, Martínez himself, in his appearance before the Congressional committee on this issue, denied the existence of any Operation Catalunya.