Investigation Unfolds: Attorney General's Phone Change Tied to Indictment
The Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard has reached significant conclusions regarding Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García Ortiz, following the recent indictment by the Supreme Court. Records suggest that García Ortiz changed his mobile phone on October 23, just a week after facing serious allegations related to the potential revelation of secrets concerning Alberto González Amador, a partner of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, President of the Community of Madrid.
According to a report accessed by Europa Press, the UCO has meticulously analyzed the phone numbers and IMEI/IMSI identifiers associated with the mobile device confiscated from García Ortiz during a search operation at his office on October 30. Notably, the UCO indicates that the activity tied to the IMSIs related to the confiscated device began on October 23, 2024. This implies that a change of mobile phone indeed occurred on that specific date.
The investigation has unveiled two phone numbers linked to García Ortiz's device. One number is registered to García Ortiz himself, through which he reportedly received WhatsApp messages from Pilar Rodríguez, head of the Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Madrid and another individual recently indicted. The second number is associated with the General Directorate of Rationalization and Centralization of Procurement, which operates under the Ministry of Finance.
In its findings, the UCO identifies two unique IMSIs for the cards in the mobile device, both of which were activated back in 2020. Additionally, the analysis revealed two IMEIs tied to the seized mobile terminal.
It is important to highlight that the case's origin stems from a complaint filed by Albert Díaz Ayuso's partner. This complaint was triggered by a press release issued by the Madrid Prosecutor's Office at 10:20 AM on March 14, which detailed email exchanges between González Amador's defense team and the prosecutor in charge of investigating him for potential tax violations, Julián Salto.
Prosecutorial sources have since clarified that García Ortiz personally deleted messages from his phone, coinciding with routine data protection protocols followed by the Attorney General's Office, rather than a targeted deletion of specific messages.
The Supreme Court's investigation, which began on October 16, ultimately dismissed the idea of a crime in connection to the press release, noting that the information had already entered the public domain several hours prior. Instead, it focused on an alleged leak of emails to the press that occurred during the night of March 13.
In conjunction with this, the UCO reported that the Prosecutor's Office may also have been involved in leaking the existence of an investigation against González Amador regarding alleged tax crimes, with this information being published in the media on March 12.
As the investigation continues, scrutiny will intensify around the implications of these findings for the integrity of the Attorney General's Office and the broader judicial system in Spain.
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