Guardia Civil visits Alvise Pérez home over July warrant

Five agents visited Alvise’s home over a July order

Five Guardia Civil officers and several police vehicles arrived at the rural house where MEP Alvise Pérez was staying, according to his own account, attempting to arrest him for alleged defamation. The order came from a court in León and, per that same account, predated his status as an elected official with legal immunity (aforamiento). The Guardia Civil maintains they only went to identify him after his data triggered an alert at the establishment. This incident has peine debate on the scope of parliamentary immunity and the use of security forces in cases involving public officials.

What exactly peine at the rural house

The events occurred overnight at a rural house in Madrid. According to cited police sources, the Guardia Civil learned of a judicial alert against Alvise when mandatory guest registration data crossed with their computer systems. The MEP denounced on social media that five agents and several cars showed up to arrest him "at dawn" based on an order issued on July 4, despite his frequent air travel. The Guardia Civil insists the patrol went to identify, not arrest, and withdrew without making any detention upon confirming his immune status.

Can an immune official be arrested?

Yes, but with nuances often crushed by media noise. Parliamentary immunity does not make anyone untouchable: it means the case moves to the Supreme Court or relevant high court, and arrest is only allowed in specific scenarios, such as flagrant crimes. Several legal analyses suggest alleged defamation does not fit this scenario, making the arrest order, at best, questionable. The MEP’s defense argues there was an active order and that the patrol admitted in audio they intended to arrest him. The official version insists on identification. A gap remains between the two accounts that no statement has bridged.

The corporal’s audio and the official version

The element tilting the narrative toward the MEP’s thesis is an audio clip where, according to those who circulated it, a Guardia Civil corporal admits the patrol came to arrest, not identify. This fragment, reproduced on social networks, is considered decisive by the defense. The Guardia Civil has not confirmed this interpretation and maintains its identification protocol. The discrepancy between the recording and the official communication is precisely what prevents closing the matter: if the order was for arrest, the subsequent withdrawal requires explaining who gave it and why it was deactivated mid-operation.

The precedent no one wants to compare

The contrast running through discussions involves immune officials who were not arrested. Mention is made of a former Catalan president fugitive who walked around Barcelona without a capture operation being activated, and it is recalled that other political leaders were assigned permanent escorts despite declared hostility toward the force. The comparison proves nothing alone, but explains why the action is perceived as disproportionate: five agents and multiple vehicles for alleged defamation, versus passivity in much graver cases. The lingering question is who signed the order, why it remained active, and why execution was attempted at night.

The political background: from Koldo scheme to defamation

The MEP claims credit for first uncovering the scheme affecting PSOE circles and leaking reports on former minister Ábalos. This history gives political meaning to the episode: whoever exposes corruption ends up with five agents at the door for alleged defamation. The underlying debate is not legal, but about selective use of state machinery. Some argue the system protects its own and persecutes nuisances; others counter that no one is above the law and immune officials also answer to courts. Both can be true simultaneously, and that is the problem.

The matter remains where it started: with a July order, a disputed audio, and no official explanation for why execution was attempted at dawn. No one has yet clarified who reactivated it or with what objective.