Biedma Case: The offer to a clan to remove the judge

“Remove Biedma””: The offer that shocks the PSOE

Spring 2025. According to reports published by El Español, El Mundo, and El Debate, an intermediary allegedly conveyed a very specific offer to a narcotics organization —referred to in those versions as the Los Rochos gang: “Remove Biedma and the Prosecutor's Office will close your cases.” Judge Beatriz Biedma is handling the case where David Sánchez, the President of the Government's brother, was indicted. It is important to frame this correctly from the outset: these are facts attributed by the press to unidentified sources present in the conversations, and none of those involved have been convicted for them.

What the offer published by the press contains

According to those reports, the interlocutor with the drug traffickers was former magistrate Luis José Sáenz de Tejada, who was removed from his judicial career due to a judgment regarding gender violence. The account places his recruitment within the environment of Santos Cerdán and Leire Díez, with the goal of forming a “Badajoz command” capable of removing the magistrate from the case. Leire Díez maintains, according to what was published, that Cerdán and she regularly informed Antonio Hernando of their activities for the party. This is not idle gossip: it is a chain of commands that the press links to the core of the party.

Photos of the car and gym: surveillance of the judge

El Debate reported that a courier allegedly showed a narcotics trafficker the daily routine of the magistrate to give her, in the words of that information, “a fright.” In a statement gathered by Hoy, a woman recounts that they requested the judge's address —“I understand it was for nothing good,” she said— and that she received images of her car and the gym she attends. “Many photos and information,” she added. The material describes physical surveillance, not procedural management. That is where the category shift occurs.

From 7 to 16 years: the penalty for ordering an attack

If the commission of the act were confirmed, the Penal Code would accumulate aggravating factors: premeditation, price or reward, prevailing over the public capacity of the guilty party, and recidivism. Penalties for ordering a murder, even attempted, usually range between 7 and 16 years of prison or more, depending on the severity of injuries and concurrent circumstances. Some draw a parallel with the GAL (Grupos Antiterroristas en el Lugo), but one nuance is repeated in opposition: there, they theoretically killed delinquents; here, they would be trying to remove a civil servant for doing her job.

The 17 million in lotteries and other loose ends

There is also the claim circulating that the same family won lottery tickets valued at 17 million euros, with complaints regarding the distribution of the prize. This is an unverified fact without judicial backing that, by itself, does not support any accusation.

Where the analysis gets stuck

With these matters, the discussion is no longer about whether the news is serious. It is about whether it will ever stop being just news: whether there will be a judicial resolution, formal indictments, or another false closure like so many others. One side takes it for granted; the other waits that the judge herself, “concerned for the first time,” according to published reports, may be the one to pull the thread. The rest remains unresolved.