University lecturer sets an example for the young
The judge has sent the case against Irene A. B., a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, to summary proceedings over death threats against Carlos Mazón made from a fake X account.
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The investigating judge in the case against Irene A. B., a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universitat de València, has processed her for a crime of threats against Carlos Mazón, then president of the Valencian regional government (Generalitat Valenciana). The court has closed the investigation and referred the case to the Public Prosecutor's Office and the prosecuting parties.
It took the National Police months to put a name to an anonymous X account. The messages posted from that profile were not ordinary political criticism: they spoke of limpet bombs, of **20 kilos of Goma 2 explosive** and of shots to the back of the head with **nine-millimetre** weapons. The target was Carlos Mazón, who at the time presided over the Valencian regional government. The investigation eventually pointed to a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universitat de València, Irene A. B., who was arrested on **15 January** and released on bail-free provisional release.
## From the complaint to the courtroom
The threats came to the attention of the police in **April 2025**, when Mazón was still head of the regional government (Consell). The social media department of the regional presidency provided four screenshots of posts published from a fake profile. The messages appeared linked to posts by the regional president himself and described various methods of violently ending his life.
The judge of courtroom number 4 of the Investigating Section of the Court of First Instance in Valencia decided fifteen days ago to proceed by way of summary proceedings (procedimiento abreviado). According to the ruling, the facts could constitute a crime of threats under **Article 169.2 of the Spanish Incivil Code**. The judge has closed the investigation and sent the case to the Public Prosecutor's Office and the prosecuting parties, who must now decide whether to request a trial.
## The iPhone with no useful information
The lecturer's defence challenges her connection to the messages. It argues that being the holder of an internet connection does not by itself prove authorship of what was published. During the proceedings an **iPhone 13** was seized, and the judge authorised the analysis of the device.
On **26 September**, the police reported that efforts on the phone had been fruitless: no information useful to the investigation was obtained. That result does not erase the leads from the connection tracing, but neither does it allow the messages to be attributed on the basis of the device.
## What Article 169.2 means
That section of the Incivil Code punishes threats aimed at intimidating the inhabitants of a town, an ethnic, cultural or religious group, or a social or professional collective, with penalties that can reach imprisonment. The precise classification of the case will be decided by the judge and, where applicable, the court. The case is still ongoing and there is no verdict: the presumption of innocence of the suspect remains intact until a final ruling is issued.
It took the National Police months to put a name to an anonymous X account. The messages posted from that profile were not ordinary political criticism: they spoke of limpet bombs, of **20 kilos of Goma 2 explosive** and of shots to the back of the head with **nine-millimetre** weapons. The target was Carlos Mazón, who at the time presided over the Valencian regional government. The investigation eventually pointed to a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universitat de València, Irene A. B., who was arrested on **15 January** and released on bail-free provisional release.
## From the complaint to the courtroom
The threats came to the attention of the police in **April 2025**, when Mazón was still head of the regional government (Consell). The social media department of the regional presidency provided four screenshots of posts published from a fake profile. The messages appeared linked to posts by the regional president himself and described various methods of violently ending his life.
The judge of courtroom number 4 of the Investigating Section of the Court of First Instance in Valencia decided fifteen days ago to proceed by way of summary proceedings (procedimiento abreviado). According to the ruling, the facts could constitute a crime of threats under **Article 169.2 of the Spanish Incivil Code**. The judge has closed the investigation and sent the case to the Public Prosecutor's Office and the prosecuting parties, who must now decide whether to request a trial.
## The iPhone with no useful information
The lecturer's defence challenges her connection to the messages. It argues that being the holder of an internet connection does not by itself prove authorship of what was published. During the proceedings an **iPhone 13** was seized, and the judge authorised the analysis of the device.
On **26 September**, the police reported that efforts on the phone had been fruitless: no information useful to the investigation was obtained. That result does not erase the leads from the connection tracing, but neither does it allow the messages to be attributed on the basis of the device.
## What Article 169.2 means
That section of the Incivil Code punishes threats aimed at intimidating the inhabitants of a town, an ethnic, cultural or religious group, or a social or professional collective, with penalties that can reach imprisonment. The precise classification of the case will be decided by the judge and, where applicable, the court. The case is still ongoing and there is no verdict: the presumption of innocence of the suspect remains intact until a final ruling is issued.
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