Judge Beatriz Biedma's statement before the Audiencia Nacional has added disturbing elements to a UCO report, according to ABC España. That report, the outlet says, documents contacts between a collaborator of Leire Díez and criminals intended to inflict "daño físico" on the magistrate.
In her account, Biedma described being followed at her daughters' school, where unknown individuals inquired about the girls' schedules after presenting themselves as family members or colleagues, ABC España reports.
ABC España argues the case cannot be reduced to an attempt to discredit a judge who has been looking into the brother of Pedro Sánchez. In the outlet's reading, the evidence points to an intimidation effort that would have crossed limits that a democracy should not tolerate.
The outlet describes as particularly serious the reported connection between these actions and people tied to the PSOE, as well as manoeuvres aimed at interfering with judicial proceedings. ABC España writes that the investigation must establish who bears responsibility.
