Overview
- The case stems from a complaint alleging Luis Pérez (Alvise) threatened to publish audios, documents and chat screenshots on his public Telegram channel unless Mayor José Ignacio Landaluce resigned.
- The court’s order cites screenshots and electronic certifications related to posts on the Telegram channel as supporting materials at this preliminary stage.
- Magistrates found prima facie indicia of conditional threats under Article 169.1 of the Penal Code but did not, for now, see sufficient grounds for a coercion charge.
- The ruling notes the legal classification may be reassessed as evidence is gathered during the instruction phase.
- This becomes the fifth Supreme Court probe into the MEP, alongside earlier cases on alleged illicit campaign cash, a false COVID test about Salvador Illa, threats to prosecutor Susana Gisbert, and alleged revelation of secrets and harassment of former associates, with progress limited by pending European Parliament immunity decisions.