Alejandro Entrambasaguas and María Jamardo discuss disputes surrounding Pedro Sánchez, including the law of grandchildren and developments in the Zapatero case. They also turn to Conde-Pumpido and Sofía Puente.
The programme’s headline points to an unnamed woman in the PSOE’s orbit who is said to face trial. But the episode description provided here names neither the woman nor details her case.
In the latest Hechos Probados, Alejandro Entrambasaguas, head of investigations at El Debate, and María Jamardo, its head of courts coverage, examine political and judicial matters involving Pedro Sánchez. One topic is the law of grandchildren, which the description says has dealt setbacks to the prime minister. The measure is linked to Spain’s Democratic Memory Law and offers a route to nationality for certain descendants of Spaniards affected by exile and the Civil War-era political rupture. The disputed administrative interpretation treated people who left Spain between 18 July 1936 and 31 December 1955 as exiles, without requiring individual proof of political or ideological persecution. Vozpópuli reported that the interpretation affected roughly 160,000 naturalized citizens. On 21 October 2026, the Constitutional Court reportedly rejected the Ombudsman’s challenge concerning the temporary suspension of their voting rights. The decision was approved by 10 of the court’s 12 judges. Juan Carlos Campo and Ramón Sáez Valcárcel were reported as the only judges who supported admitting the challenge. Sofía Puente was identified in the report as the official associated with the administrative instruction.
The journalists also discuss what the programme description calls manoeuvres by Conde-Pumpido and Sofía Puente, alongside developments in the Zapatero case. Anti-Corruption prosecutors reportedly asked National Court Judge José Luis Calama on 21 October to broaden the investigation into former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to include suspected embezzlement of public funds. The request concerned jewelry recovered from a safe at Zapatero’s Madrid office on Calle Ferraz during a police search on 19 May. A court-ordered appraisal reportedly valued the jewelry at approximately €1.3 million. Prosecutors said the pieces, featuring ruby and emerald stones as well as a sapphire, were absent from the state inventory and cited Article 432 of Spain’s Penal Code, which carries a potential prison term of four to eight years. Zapatero’s reported explanation was that the jewelry had been a gift from Saudi King Abdullah during an official visit to Spain in June 2007. The investigation also concerns the 2021 state rescue of airline Plus Ultra, valued at €53 million, and approximately €200,000 in payments from Peru’s Grupo Gloria. Zapatero was designated a suspect on 19 May 2026 and testified on 17 June; no charges had been brought against him at the time of the cited report. Ara also reported that his two daughters had been summoned as defendants to appear before the National Court on 30 November 2026 in proceedings concerning their company and activities or payments attributed to their father. Judge Calama was reportedly considering possible precautionary measures.
On 25 October, Pedro Sánchez described Zapatero as an asset for the PSOE and said he needed to speak with him about his role in the campaign connected to 29 November. The jewellery inquiry and the investigation related to Plus Ultra remain separate lines of judicial scrutiny. The allegations do not amount to a conviction or final judicial finding.
The wider political backdrop around Sánchez has also featured in a report on Milei’s attack. The supplied episode summary does not link that story to the programme.
Entrambasaguas and Jamardo review recent political events and judicial decisions in the weekly programme. New episodes of Hechos Probados are available on El Debate’s website and YouTube channel.
