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Spanish Govt Under Fire as Police Chief Quits Accused of Rape
José Ángel González resigned after rape allegations by a female officer triggered judicial action and political accusations of a cover-up within Spain's National Police Corps.
- On Tuesday, José Ángel González Jiménez, 66, deputy director of operations, National Police Corps, resigned after a rape accusation, prompting opposition claims of a PSOE government cover-up.
- The complaint filed on January 9 alleges an assault dating to April 23, 2025, at an Madrid interior ministry residence, involving coercion, sexual assault, and psychological harm, according to court documents.
- According to the victim's lawyer Jorge Piedrafita, the complaint recounts an assault after a lunch, alleging rape despite refusals, with an audio recording and claims of pressure by a police commissioner submitted as evidence.
- Interior Minister Fernando Grande‑Marlaska insisted `We knew nothing`, ordered the commissioner removed and launched a probe, while Prime Minister Pedro S�nchez backed him despite People's Party demands.
- A Madrid Court for Violence Against Women scheduled Gonz�lez's testimony for March 17, Gemma Barroso, Deputy Director of Human Resources, replaced him temporarily, and the scandal adds to prior harassment cases and two PSOE regional defeats.
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Spain's deputy police chief resigns over rape allegations
The second highest figure in Spain's national police force was forced to resign on Tuesday following accusations of rape, a new scandal that further weakens Sánchez's left-wing government, accused by the opposition of trying to cover up the case.
The president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, closes ranks with the action of the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and his department after the denunciation of...
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The PP has taken advantage of the control session of the government in Congress to hammer out with the resignation of the former Deputy Police Director, José Ángel González Jiménez, after being denounced by an agent for rape. In a session without Pedro Sánchez, traveling in India, the popular have taken advantage of every question to the Executive to hold him responsible for the events and demand the resignation of the Interior Minister, Fernand…
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