The statement by the chief provincial prosecutor that tightens the noose around García Ortiz

A new prosecutor testifies as a suspect in the case of the leaked email related to Ayuso's boyfriend. It is Pilar Rodríguez who has appeared at the Supreme Court, provincial chief prosecutor of Madrid.

It is surprising that while García Ortiz refused to answer the judge's questions, Rodríguez did want to respond to the magistrate. Prosecutor Rodríguez stated that 571 people had access to the content of the complaint and another 60 to that email.

Additionally, Rodríguez has firmly assured that she didn't leak the information about Alberto González Amador.

This prosecutor is the same one who asked prosecutor Salto, who was investigating Ayuso's partner, for all related documents. Specifically, the emails exchanged with the lawyer of Ayuso's partner to draft the press release.

Document that was later disseminated and sent to García Ortiz. Meanwhile, the Superior Prosecutor of Madrid, Almudena Lastra, warned Rodríguez. She told her that if she gave García Ortiz the emails, she risked them being leaked.

Something that eventually happened. "Pilar, they're going to leak them," she said.

The same provincial chief prosecutor of Madrid joked with García Ortiz, in very poor taste. In the published messages, it was noted that the prosecutor joked with García Ortiz, the State Attorney General. She did so with "incorporating cyanide" into the press release that the Public Ministry drafted.

The 'suspicious' actions of García Ortiz that raise alarms in the Supreme Court

The State Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, appeared this Wednesday before the Supreme Court as a suspect. This, for the alleged leak of confidential information related to the partner of the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso. The statement is made in the context of an investigation that points to him as a possible responsible for a crime of revealing secrets.

The IT Section of the State Attorney General's Office has informed the Supreme Court that there is no record of the return of the mobile phone. The official device assigned to Álvaro García Ortiz. This is stated in a report dated January 27, 2025.

According to the document, García Ortiz received a Samsung A54 device on May 24, 2024. But there are no records of him having returned it or being asked to do so.

The reply from the Support Unit was sent to the secretary of the Supreme Court judge. The same one who on January 24 requested information about a possible change of terminal by the prosecutor.

The report also reveals a deficiency in the internal control of mobile devices of the Prosecutor's Office: the IMEI number, the unique code that identifies each phone, is not recorded. This prevents verifying if, in case of return, it is the same assigned terminal or another identical one. According to the document, this information is not stored in the internal management application because "it is not relevant for the delivery of mobiles."

The device in question is a key piece in the investigation. This, since García Ortiz would have used it the day the emails from the lawyer of Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner were leaked to prosecutor Julián Salto.

These messages contained confidential information that ended up in media outlets close to the Government. The lack of control over the phone adds uncertainty to the investigation and could hinder the clarification of the facts.

Magistrate Ángel Hurtado, in charge of the case's instruction, has gathered various indications that complicate García Ortiz's defense. In his latest rulings, the judge has dismissed the strategy of attributing the leak to Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Ayuso's chief of staff.