### [2026-07-2](/feed/2026/07/2/index.md)

##### Corruption in Spain
# Spain's National Court charges the Civil Guard's director-general Mercedes González Fernández and her deputy with the offences of abuse of office and obstruction of justice in connection with the ruling PSOE's alleged operation against judges and prosecutors investigating cases of corruption involving party members. 




### Sources:

1. [Demócrata](https://www.democrata.es/en/courts/mercedes-gonzalez-raises-to-four-the-number-of-civil-guard-directors-charged-in-democracy-who-they-were-and-how-each-case-ended/)

### Changes:

1. The National Court charges the Director General of the Civil Guard Mercedes González Fernández and her deputy with the offences of abuse of office and obstruction of justice in connection with the ruling PSOE's alleged operation against judges and prosecutors investigating cases of corruption involving party members.  _2026-07-02 21:48:00 (First version)_
1. Spain's National Court charges the Civil Guard's director-general Mercedes González Fernández and her deputy with the offences of abuse of office and obstruction of justice in connection with the ruling PSOE's alleged operation against judges and prosecutors investigating cases of corruption involving party members.  _(Current version)_

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