PSOE lawmaker Felipe Sicilia caught at cocaine party during COVID lockdown, then silenced

Felipe Sicilia, a PSOE member of Spain's parliament, was caught at a cocaine party during the pandemic. The police report vanished on the orders of the Interior Ministry. Ábalos

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PSOE cocaine party during the pandemic: the police report Sánchez ordered to disappear

At the height of the pandemic, while the country was in lockdown, a Socialist MP was throwing a cocaine-fuelled party at his home. The police drew up a report. It never went anywhere. Former minister José Luis Ábalos confirmed it from prison: "The police told me it did happen, although it was officially covered up." According to police sources, the order to keep quiet could only have come from the Interior Ministry.


The facts: an MP, cocaine and a pandemic

Felipe Sicilia, a former police officer and Socialist MP, was placed by the PSOE on Spain's Constitutional Court thanks to his party-friendly profile. But in September 2020, when elbichito-19 restrictions banned any social gatherings, Sicilia held a cocaine party at his home. Police intercepted him and wrote up a report. Koldo García, Ábalos's former adviser, revealed it in an interview before going to prison: "I took part in managing the incident".

The disappearance of the report: an order from Marlaska?

The report vanished without a trace. The officers involved say it "could only have disappeared on the express orders of the Interior Ministry". That is, from Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, or directly from Pedro Sánchez. Ábalos confirmed that the police informed him, but he never found out what peine to the document. Vox filed a complaint over five offences against Sánchez and Marlaska, pointing out that "concealing evidence is a crime".

The context: a recurring modus operandi

This is not an isolated case. The PSOE has decades of scandals involving drugs, patronage jobs and corruption behind it. From Roldán to the recent Koldo and Ábalos cases, the pattern repeats itself: parties, family placements and disappearing evidence. Meanwhile, Spaniards in lockdown watched in astonishment as their leaders broke every rule.


The question nobody answers is whether there will be legal consequences this time. Vox's complaint is in the courts, but experience suggests the PSOE usually gets off scot-free. Meanwhile, Sicilia's party remains another chapter in the party's erased memory.

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