The bitter war between the leader of Vox in Madrid, Javier Ortega Smith, and the leadership of Santiago Abascal has ended with the expulsion of the unruly player And with collateral effects. Two councilors loyal to the rebel, Ignacio Ansaldo and Carla Toscano, have also been expelled from the party, although they retain their seats and participated in this week's municipal plenary session, obstructing the leadership's decisions. Ortega Smith holds membership number 6, as he showed at a press conference, but what's most striking is Ansaldo's number 1. He is Ortega's most loyal henchman, unknown to the general public, but who once pulled strings behind the scenes.