The Prosecutor's Office confirms two meetings of Leire Díez with Álvaro García Ortiz's right-hand man

MadridThe State Attorney General's Office, led since December by Teresa Peramato, has confirmed to the judge in the Leire Díez case that the so-called PSOE "plumber" met twice with the right-hand man of her predecessor, Álvaro García Ortiz, along with lawyer Jacobo Teijelo, who is currently part of Santos Cerdán's defense and is also under investigation by the National Court. The interlocutor was Diego Villafañe, who was the deputy prosecutor of the Attorney General's Technical Secretariat and who "later informed" the State Attorney General of the two meetings. The first meeting took place on March 6, 2025, and prosecutor Beatriz López Pesquera also participated. Prosecutorial sources explain that Jacobo Teijelo informed of "the existence of a series of facts presumably committed by third parties that could have criminal relevance." Subsequently, between late March and early April, a second meeting took place, in which Teijelo communicated his "intention to file several complaints with the Attorney General's Office related to those facts".

The same sources from the Attorney General's Office point out that the lawyer was accompanied by "a woman who had a minor role" and who "was introduced as a colleague from the office." Later, through the media, they learned that it was Leire Díez. Likewise, they assure that "neither of the two prosecutors" – neither Diego Villafañe nor Beatriz López – received "any indication" from Álvaro García Ortiz in any sense and argue that "no action" was taken by the public prosecutor's office because Jacobo Teijelo did not provide any evidence. In response to the request from judge Santiago Pedraz at the request of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office

at the request of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's OfficeLeire Díez's messages

Leire Díez's relationship with the Prosecutor's Office came to light following one of the reports from the Guardia Civil's Central Operative Unit (UCO). The document, to which ARA had access, included a message that the then PSOE militant sent to Vicente Fernández, former president of SEPI and also under investigation, on the same day as their first meeting. "Jacobo says I should go to all the Prosecutor's Office meetings because I complement the legal side well. If they do quickly what they said, things will accelerate," it read. The armed institute also set a date for the second meeting: April 4, a meeting that Leire Díez presented as "key." "It will be the most important day of my professional life, it could make the president adore me directly," she celebrated.

Likewise, the Guardia Civil believes – without being able to affirm it conclusively – that there were two more meetings in May. One would have been on Monday the 12th. "We need to request an appointment with the Prosecutor's Office," Jacobo Teijelo told her. "So we have time to prepare something else," Leire Díez replied. Later, on Monday the 20th, she asked him to request an "appointment" with her "friends" at the Prosecutor's Office, and he agreed. Previously, the UCO also emphasizes that one of the PSOE "plumber's" agendas includes a note regarding a meeting at the Prosecutor's Office on February 19, which "may coincide" with a message she sent to Antonio García Cabrera the day before telling him that the Attorney General of the State would receive him.

However, Villarejo's lawyer downplayed Leire Díez's promises. When she testified as a witness before the Guardia Civil, she admitted that the conversations were "very unbelievable" and "very fanciful." She denied meeting with Álvaro García Ortiz and explained that she offered to hold meetings with the Prosecutor's Office, but he never did because she did not give him "credibility." His only contact was with César de Rivas, the prosecutor in the Kitchen case and the Villarejo case, at the end of a hearing: he commented that he believed they would have a meeting – according to what he had discussed with Leire Díez – and he replied that he knew nothing and that he should not get him into "trouble."

Five complaints from Koldo

Finally, the Prosecutor's Office acknowledges that Leire Díez filed a complaint on September 17, 2025, against prosecutor José Grinda. It was sent to the Superior Prosecutor's Office of Madrid, which dismissed it on December 15 because it did not provide any indication to justify opening an investigation. Likewise, Koldo García filed five writings or complaints between January and June 2025: all were dismissed by the Technical Secretariat of the State Attorney General's Office, by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, or by the Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Madrid. The Guardia report stated that the majority of the complaints were directed against the UCO and that one of their objectives was to give them media exposure. "If the Attorney General gives it minimal support, I think we can start to reap the rewards," Ismael Oliver told Leire Díez in this context. But all five ended up being a hindrance.