Spanish police back narco claim of plot against Judge Biedma

Spanish police validate traficante account of plot against Judge Biedma

The Civil Guard has deemed credible the testimony of a woman linked to a Badajoz drug trafficking clan, who claims she was hired to attack the magistrate investigating the case of the Prime Minister’s brother. The report by the Central Operational Unit (UCO), dated October 6, reconstructs a network involving a former judge, a businessman, a former PSOE communications official, and a family dedicated to drug trafficking. According to agents, the goal was to “alter the normal development of judicial proceedings.” The investigation remains open, and none of those mentioned have been convicted.

What the UCO report says and whom it implicates

The document states that the declared purpose was to “destroy the procedure regarding the brother.” Agents found a note on Javier Pérez Dolset’s phone dated August 17, 2024, mentioning the “judge of the brother” and referring to Luis Sáenz de Tejada. The lead originated from a note in Leire Díez’s notebook with the phrase: “Badajoz Judge. La Celsa. Heroin & Gypsy.”

The woman matching that nickname, Cintia Rocho, testified that two individuals contacted her to “get rid of” the magistrate. According to her version, the ex-judge said Biedma “was a damn pain in the ass and had to be eliminated,” adding a phrase recorded verbatim by the UCO: “the donkey learns by beating.” The report classifies these actions as “preparatory acts” and emphasizes that the document’s purpose is “merely expositional and referential.”

Meetings, travel group, and Facebook channel

Businessman Joaquín Parra, former president of the local football club, stated on October 5 that Dolset asked for contacts in the province and that they held two meetings at his home in Tarifa. Leire Díez attended one of them. On August 23, 2024, a group called “Vacations and trips” was created with these four people.

In parallel, Sáenz de Tejada allegedly contacted clan members trinc comments posted on the Facebook channel “Judicial Independence of Badajoz.” On December 17, 2024, Rocho received a message from a profile named José García Fernández, whose identity she never knew, discussing “cleaning up” the city’s courts. The ex-judge also disseminated videos against Biedma on his YouTube channel, recordings already cited by the magistrate herself in her filing before the National Court.

Upcoming judicial calendar

Biedma appears as an injured party before Judge Santiago Pedraz at the National Court. The report arrives one day before this hearing, a timing detail that does not go unnoticed. Meanwhile, Hazte Oír has filed a complaint for prevarication before the Supreme Court against Conde-Pumpido and six other Constitutional Court judges over the embezzlement amnesty, a front fueling feelings of institutional clash.

The ex-judge’s defense maintains that no intention to “cause physical harm to any person” was ever raised during their meetings. Parra, for his part, denied hearing anything about attacking the judge, although he admitted to surveillance activities by persons defended by Sáenz de Tejada.

Why police credibility is not a verdict

That the UCO finds a testimony credible does not equate to a conviction. The case remains under investigation, and any charges must be proven in court. The difference between a police report and a final sentence is the same as between a clue and evidence: enormous.

Still, the material sketches an uncomfortable pattern. A plot mixing dirty tricks, drug traffickers, and a judicial proceeding affecting the President’s family. If any of this is confirmed, the institutional damage will be hard to exaggerate. If not, it becomes another file in the archive of unresolved accusations.