UCO cut off conversations between two of the attorney general’s associates to support the attorney general’s accusations

Interactions between lawyers for the state attorney general and UCO officials who investigated the alleged security breach revealed several controversial actions by the Civil Guard. For one, it leaves out some messages in the exchange that were actually used to support the thesis. In one of their reports, investigators reasoned that Diego Villafañe, a top ally of the attorney general, hinted at the alleged professional promotion of Pilar Rodríguez, the Madrid state prosecutor charged in the case, on the night of the incident they were investigating.

In the proxy version, Diego Villafañe, head of the Technical Secretariat of the Attorney General’s Office, wrote to Rodriguez: “I’ve already told you that I need you as much as possible, so please be very careful.” According to the guard, the prosecutor responded, “Oh, what are you thinking?” The interlocutor added: “Everything was good.”

The UCO said Pilar Rodríguez’s cooperation with the criminal charges could result in a promotion as determined by her superiors. However, the conversation was different from what UCO printed. During the trial, lawyer Consuelo Torres pointed out the people the UCO had removed.

State’s Attorney Consuelo Castro used this language to ask UCO whether it would continue to defend that it was discussing professional matters, to which Col. Antonio Barras has defended, and has repeatedly argued that if it was not included, it was for “privacy reasons.”