The former PSOE militant Leire Díez punctually kept the party president, Cristina Narbona, informed of her initiatives to "redirect" what she understood as attacks directed against the head of the Executive and socialist leader, Pedro Sánchez. In one of those exchanges, the also deputy reminded her that "You had told Santos the other day," referring to the former Organization Secretary Santos Cerdán, whom the judge places as the alleged head of a network intended to interfere in judicial proceedings.
In a report incorporated into the 'Leire Díez case' file, to which Europa Press has had access, the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard details a WhatsApp chat between Díez and Narbona dated April 24, 2024.
"Leire spoke of 'redirecting' the attacks on the president, giving 'qualified help' and turning the matter 'upside down like a sock'. In this same conversation, Narbona made reference to the fact that 'you had told Santos the other day' about these matters," the investigators state.
That conversation coincided with Pedro Sánchez's publication of his 'Letter to the citizenry', in which he announced a period of reflection on his political continuity. Two days later, a meeting was held at the federal headquarters of the PSOE which, according to the National Court judge overseeing the investigation, Santiago Pedraz, represented the "turning point" of the alleged plot.
"I'm going to Madrid urgently. Santos sent me. We have information that would help the president," Díez communicated on April 25 to the former president of SEPI, Vicente Fernández, also under investigation in the case.
Narbona acknowledged her previous relationship with Leire Díez
After the first audios about Leire Díez's meetings to gather compromising information about judges, prosecutors, and members of the UCO were released, in May 2025, Narbona admitted that she met her "a long time ago in Santander," when the former militant was in charge of the party's communication in that city.
The PSOE president also stated that she was "very upset" by the meetings that Díez allegedly held on behalf of the party with the aim of harming the lieutenant colonel of the UCO Antonio Balas and other public servants.
Months later, when the Civil Guard arrested Díez in December of that same year —in an operation in which the former head of SEPI Vicente Fernández and the businessman Antxon Alonso were also arrested—, Narbona tried to distance herself by stating that she was no longer part of the party.
"Right now Leire Díez has nothing to do with us, that's how it is," she stated to journalists in the corridors of Congress. She then refused to fear that the investigated person could reveal compromising information for the PSOE. "I certainly don't," she concluded.
The fine for parking next to the General Directorate of the Civil Guard
The UCO report also includes that, on January 26, 2025, Vicente Fernández sent an email to Díez informing her that he had received a "fine" related to a parking offense committed by her.
"I think it's from when you went to meet with the director general of the GC. Shall I pay it with a discount?" Fernández asked Díez, according to the message included in the case file.
The agents point out that the sanction was imposed on December 20, 2024, around 12:55 PM, for "irregular parking in the vicinity of the General Directorate of the Civil Guard," coinciding with a day on which Díez would have met with the director of the corps, Mercedes González.
According to the UCO, the former PSOE militant had "at least three meetings" with the highest official of the Armed Institute with the purpose of her acting against the investigators themselves.
"It has been observed how Leire sets in motion a series of actions, in which, through personal interviews with the director general of the Civil Guard, she would have managed to instigate the latter to initiate administrative proceedings against the UCO," the agents state in their writing.
In this proceeding, the National High Court is analyzing whether a structure supposedly led by Cerdán and coordinated by Díez existed to destabilize judicial processes affecting the Government. "Yesterday the one told S to tell me that I am doing a huge job and that I should not get discouraged," Díez communicated to Fernández on February 15, 2025, according to another message reviewed by the UCO. "I'm glad he thinks so. Others hide, you show your face," he replied.