Leonardo Marcos, former director of the Civil Guard, denied on Thursday before Judge Santiago Pedraz that he had pressured his subordinates to sabotage the investigation against David Sánchez, brother of the government president, Pedro Sánchez. Marcos was the one to whom two commanders attributed the allegedly exerted pressure on the investigation.
The former director specifically denied having ordered Generals Alfonso López Malo and Rafael Yuste that the Central Operations Unit (UCO) report had to be left "clean," as they had previously stated. Marcos's statements come in the context of a judicial process investigating the conduct of the Civil Guard's high command.
The two generals Alfonso López Malo and Rafael Yuste were those who reported the alleged pressure exerted by Leonardo Marcos to interfere in the UCO report related to David Sánchez. These accusations called into question the independence of the investigation conducted by the Central Operations Unit.
The case directly involves Pedro Sánchez, whose brother David Sánchez is the subject of an investigation that generated controversy over the alleged interference by senior Civil Guard officials in the UCO's work. Leonardo Marcos's testimony before Judge Santiago Pedraz represents a key moment in this judicial process.
