A brown envelope bearing the logo of Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA has become central to a dispute over alleged irregular financing of the PSOE. Delcy Rodríguez says she never knew of the envelope or its contents and never gave it to Víctor de Aldama. The document reportedly bears a receipt stamp from February 2020 and identifies Manuel Quevedo, then PDVSA’s president, as sender and Rodríguez as recipient.
On 9 November 2026, Rodríguez filed a complaint in Madrid accusing Aldama of serious insults with publicity over televised statements he made on 4 and 5 February 2026. The interviews aired on Telemadrid’s 'Diario de la Noche' and Cuatro’s 'Horizonte', which is also available on Mediaset Infinity. The law firm ILOCAD, directed by former judge Baltasar Garzón, announced the filing on Rodríguez’s behalf.
According to the complaint, Aldama said the envelope contained documents related to matters under judicial investigation concerning alleged irregularities in PSOE financing. Rodríguez’s lawyers say she had no knowledge of the envelope or its contents and did not deliver it to Aldama. The complaint asks the court to examine the televised statements; it does not establish the financing allegations as proven.
The complaint argues that the envelope does not identify Rodríguez as the person who handed it over. It also questions the document’s chain of custody: the image names Rodríguez as recipient but does not show Aldama’s surname, according to the filing. Cadena SER reported that Rodríguez’s lawyers highlighted the six-year interval between the envelope’s apparent February 2020 receipt date and Aldama’s public statements in February 2026, saying he waited until 2026 to disclose it.
An image of the envelope appeared in a report by the Guardia Civil’s UCO investigative unit in a separate investigation concerning alleged fuel or hydrocarbon fraud. The image identifies Quevedo as sender and Rodríguez as recipient. Rodríguez was Venezuela’s vice-president and hydrocarbons minister at the time associated with the envelope; she is identified in the reports as the country’s acting president.
Aldama submitted the envelope in March 2026 as part of the National Court’s open 'Caso Koldo' investigation. Reports distinguish that proceeding from the separate hydrocarbon-fraud case in which the UCO report included the envelope image. Earlier reporting on the investigation is available in this account of UCO searches.
The complaint followed a conciliation hearing in a Madrid court on 16 July, where Aldama’s lawyer said his client would not retract the statements. It asks the court to obtain the complete recordings from Telemadrid and Cuatro and to hear Aldama’s testimony. The offence cited carries a fine of between six and 14 months, according to ILOCAD.
