Zapatero and his wife share an account that brought in 1.5 million euros from companies related to the plot, according to the order
María Sonsoles Espinosa Díaz, wife of the former President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, shares a bank account with her husband that, between 2020 and 2025, deposited a total of 1.5 million euros from company transfers from the alleged influence peddling scheme investigated in the Plus Ultra case.
In the indictment of Rodríguez Zapatero in this case, the judge of the National Court José Luis Calama states that this joint account contains credits from Relevant Analysis, the consulting firm of the friend of the former president of the Government and also accused, Julio Martínez Martínez, for a total of 490,780 euros, between 2020 and 2025.
This is the perceived amount of Relevant Analysis that the magistrate has ordered to block from the bank accounts of the former president, whom he considers the “leader” of this alleged influence peddling network, in order to ensure the payment of an eventual civil liability in a future trial for these supposedly illicit income.
According to the order, between March 11, 2021 and June 20, 2025, Martínez’s consulting firm, financed by Plus Ultra, Softgestor and Grupo Aldesa, transferred a total of 445,200 euros to the account of Zapatero and his wife, to which are added three transfers for the amount of 29,680 euros in 2020.
The rest of the transfers received in this account, indicates the judge, would come from the payment of invoices for the provision of professional services derived from the current activity of the former president, focused on participation in international conferences, mediation work, strategic advice, as well as analysis, reflection and teaching activities in the geopolitical, institutional and academic field. (EFE)
