Four activists, known as the "4 of Pucela", will sit this Tuesday in the dock accused of offenses of public disorder and resistance to authority for their participation in protests held during the Vuelta Ciclista in September 2025, motivated by the presence of the Israel-Premier Tech team in the event.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office is seeking, for each of the accused, sentences of 21 months’ imprisonment for the offense of resistance and, additionally, another four months for two of them for a second offense of resistance. In total, the sum of the requests amounts to nearly eight years in prison. The case also includes, as a popular prosecution, the organization Acción y Comunicación sobre Oriente Medio (ACOM), which at the outset had requested higher sentences, of 26 and 31 months’ imprisonment, respectively.
The defendants have called for support to be shown at a demonstration in front of the courts at 09.30 hours and argue that, throughout the investigation, they rejected agreeing to a settlement that would have involved admitting the facts in exchange for a reduction in the sentences.
The group of accused, in a statement circulated by Europa Press, states that their objective is to achieve acquittal by relying on the testimony statements and on the course of events itself. At the same time, it emphasizes that mobilization in the street is their main tool of defense against what they interpret as an attempt to deter future solidarity actions.
They have also indicated that, in the event a conviction is handed down, they have decided not to ask for the suspension of the sentence in order to avoid entering prison, despite the fact that the lack of a criminal record would allow them to avail themselves of this possibility.