Leire Díez's Network and the 'Intimidation' of Judge Biedma

The Leire Díez envoy who allegedly delivered the 'message' to Judge Biedma

El Debate exclusively published details of a meeting held in late 2024 between Luis José Sáenz de Tejada —who reported to Leire Díez's network, known as the sewage system of the PSOE— and the circle of a drug trafficker convicted for concealing the largest stash of drugs seized in Badajoz in recent years. According to that information, the objective was to convey to Magistrate Beatriz Biedma, the investigator in the case against David Sánchez, the President's brother, who was under physical surveillance. The purpose of the message, according to the journalistic account, was to intimidate her.

What is known about the late 2024 meeting

The elements gathered in this information are specific regarding the essentials: a meeting, an intermediary acting for Leire Díez's structure, and a message addressed to a judge handling a sensitive case. What does not exist today is any judicial resolution that validates the episode. Everything rests on the publication of a media outlet, not on police proceedings or an official court order.

This is the most troubling point of the matter, and upon which much of the analysis revolves: if the meeting took place, who authorized it, what resources financed it, and what genuine link connected the so-called PSOE 'sewage system' to a convicted drug trafficker. None of this has been resolved.

The diary entry: «Badajoz Judge. La Celsa. Heroin or Gypsy»

One of the pieces of information brought forward is an entry attributed to Leire Díez's personal diary, leaked and disseminated: «Badajoz Judge. La Celsa. Heroin or Gypsy». It is presented as objective, unopinionated data and used to sustain that the magistrate was under scrutiny before the case entered the media.

Parallel to this, another piece of information circulates, published by El Español, according to which an offer reportedly came from Socialist circles to the clan known as Los Rochos: «Eliminate Biedma and the Prosecutor's Office will close your cases». This is an accusation of extreme gravity that, for now, only has the backing of a journalistic source.

Why is the case not in court?

Because, for the moment, what exists is a press exclusive and not a complaint with legal trinc-through. The most repeated criticism points to this asymmetry: an operation of pressure on a judge is described, but there is no record that proceedings were peine regarding it. From there, the diagnosis divides.

Some maintain that the episode fits into the classic manual of political backroom dealings (cloacas), involving low-level intermediaries and plausible deniability from above. Others point out that resorting to common incivil for dirty work is not exclusive to one party. A third, more skeptical current anticipates that ultimately there will be insufficient evidence or legal grounds.

Furthermore, Leire Díez's history includes her tenure at the management of Correos during an electoral period and the statement, attributed at the time to General Intxaurrondo, that her only link to the PSOE was «a photograph». This contrast—from a nearly anonymous affiliated member to the central figure of the narrative—is what fuels distrust.

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The analysis reaches a standstill exactly here: there is a detailed journalistic account, a judge handling a case affecting the President's family environment, and no resolution confirming or denying what has been published. Until someone takes it to court, the discussion will remain about what is told, not what is proven.