The National Police has sent a formal documentation request to Inteligencia Prospectiva after being unable to execute the search ordered last Tuesday by the judge of the National Court investigating the 'Plus Ultra case' and which identifies this company as the one that allegedly paid amounts to the daughters of former President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
According to sources familiar with the case, indicated to Europa Press, the agents of the Economic and Fiscal Crimes Unit (UDEF) who went to the headquarters of Inteligencia Prospectiva on Paseo de la Habana, in Madrid, found the offices undergoing renovation and without workers, so they could not carry out the diligence.
Given this situation, the investigators have opted to issue an information request as they could not personally execute what was ordered by magistrate José Luis Calama, who also authorized three other searches, including that of Zapatero's office on Ferraz street, ordering agents to seize the storage devices of Gertrudis Alcázar, personal secretary of the former socialist head of the executive.
In his order, the judge identifies Inteligencia Prospectiva as one of the companies —along with Softgestor, also searched on Tuesday— that would have channeled funds to Análisis Relevante, the company of Julio Martínez Martínez, a friend of Zapatero, considered "an instrumental piece" within an alleged influence peddling network that, according to the investigation, would be headed by the former president himself, a claim he denies.
Regarding Inteligencia Prospectiva, the magistrate maintains that it "constitutes a company lacking real activity, whose economic and financial operations are incompatible with its declared turnover and fully consistent with an instrumental use aimed at introducing funds into Spain from abroad and channeling them to companies linked to the organized network led by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and operated by Julio Martínez Martínez."
Accounts and economic movements under suspicion
The investigation by the National Court is based on a report from the National Office for Fraud Investigation (ONIF) of the Tax Agency, dated February 25, 2026, which details that Inteligencia Prospectiva began its activity in 2020 and is "jointly administered" by the Venezuelan brothers Domingo Arnaldo Amaro Chacón and Guillermo Alfredo Amaro Chacón.
The document records a "high volume of account movements" with inflows and outflows exceeding 2.6 million euros between 2020 and 2025, despite presenting a deficit of 847,401.53 euros and having had to undertake successive capital increases of 698,500 euros.
For the judge, "it is incongruent with a null turnover in the fiscal years 2020 and 2021 and clearly reduced in the following years," adding that it is also "noteworthy that the entity has not requested the refund of Value Added Tax installments, despite the significant volume of declared expenses and its deficit financial situation."
In the same order, Calama details that, among the payments made by Inteligencia Prospectiva, the main suppliers are Análisis Relevante, with 380,208 euros; Gate Center, with 266,200 euros; and the marketing company of Zapatero's daughters, Whathefav, with 561,440 euros, which was also subject to a search by the UDEF last Tuesday.
Zapatero, identified as the leader of the plot
In another section of the resolution, the magistrate attributes to Zapatero the role of "leader" of an influence peddling structure for which both the former president and his daughters would have received nearly two million euros, and also charges him with having ordered the establishment of 'off-shore' companies outside Spanish territory.
The case incorporates conversations of executives and shareholders of the airline Plus Ultra in a group chat called "PU," in which they refer to the former leader as their "buddy" in the efforts to obtain the bailout approved by Pedro Sánchez's government during the pandemic, and to Julio Martínez Martínez as Zapatero's "lackey" in these alleged actions.
The order also refers to another chat, called "AR" and linked to Análisis Relevante. "José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero actively and directly participates in the internal organization and communication channels of the company Análisis Relevante SL, as evidenced by a group chat, called 'AR'," states the judge.
The investigation by the Audiencia Nacional specifies that this "AR" chat was created by Sergio Sánchez "two months after the incorporation of the company Análisis Relevante SL, in which Julio Martínez Martínez, Javier de Paz, Silvia de Paz, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and Sergio Sánchez Benítez are participants."