The judicial siege around Luis Pérez Fernández, known as 'Alvise', continues to expand. The Supreme Court has asked the European Parliament for the fourth time to withdraw the immunity of the ultra leader, now to investigate the messages with which he tried to force the resignation of the mayor of Algeciras, José Ignacio Landaluce.
Magistrate Antonio del Moral has sent a request to the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, after finding evidence of a possible crime of coercion or, alternatively, conditional threats. The investigation stems from the complaint filed by Landaluce, also a senator integrated into the Mixed Group.
The facts are still in an initial phase. The Supreme Court's decision allows the way to be opened for investigation, but it does not mean that 'Alvise' has committed the crimes attributed to him.
The ultimatum that could bring him back before the Supreme Court
The complaint includes messages published between October 2024 and December 2025 on the Telegram channel publicly associated with 'Alvise'. In them, the leader of the ultra formation Se Acabó la Fiesta demanded that Landaluce leave the Mayor's Office and warned that, otherwise, he would disclose content about alleged criminal behavior and personal matters.
The Supreme Court gives special importance to the way these publications were presented. The ultra leader claimed to have compromising material, linked its dissemination to the mayor's resignation, and even set deadlines for him to meet his demands.
The Criminal Chamber already pointed out when admitting the complaint that this structure could contain the elements typical of conditional threats. The alleged future harm was subject to specific conduct by the recipient, and its execution depended on the will of the author of the messages.
The case will now have to determine what content was actually in 'Alvise's' possession, where it came from, what its scope was, and whether it was used as a pressure tool. It must also clarify the authorship and the complete context of each publication.
A court in Algeciras already provisionally ordered the MEP to withdraw several messages related to Landaluce and prohibited him from continuing to disseminate similar content while a civil lawsuit for violation of the right to honor is being resolved. This procedure is independent of the criminal investigation that the Supreme Court now intends to promote.
Political pressure turned into possible threat
Criticizing a public official, demanding their resignation, or disseminating information of general interest is part of freedom of expression. The issue that the high court will examine lies in the conditional nature of the messages and in the use of a possible revelation as a means to bend the will of the mayor.
The Penal Code punishes coercion when someone prevents another person from doing what the law allows or forces them to do something against their will through violence or intimidation. Conditional threats appear when harm is announced and its execution is linked to the fulfillment of a demand.
The Supreme Court considers that the messages exceed the necessary threshold to investigate whether there was criminally relevant pressure, although it will be up to the investigation to confirm or rule out that hypothesis. It must also assess the scope of a campaign disseminated to the wide audience that follows the MEP on Telegram.
The new case once again places one of 'Alvise''s main political tools under judicial scrutiny. The ultra leader has built much of his notoriety through publications in which he targets politicians, officials, journalists, and individuals, presents accusations, and mobilizes his followers outside traditional channels.
The European Parliament will have the next word
The Supreme Court needs the authorization of the European Parliament because 'Alvise' has been an MEP since the June 2024 elections. Immunity does not decide his innocence or definitively block the procedure, but it prevents justice from moving against him without the prior permission of the Chamber.
Roberta Metsola must communicate the receipt of the request to the plenary and transfer it to the Committee on Legal Affairs. This body will study the file, may hear the MEP, and will draw up a recommendation that will then be voted on by the entire European Parliament.
The European institution will not examine whether the threats or coercion existed. Its task is to verify that the investigation does not intend to prosecute a parliamentarian for their opinions or votes and that the facts have no direct relation to the legitimate exercise of their mandate.
In this case, the investigated publications extended from before his election until December 2025. The Supreme Court considers that immunity must be lifted to carry out the necessary proceedings and take his statement as an investigated party with all guarantees.
Two immunity withdrawals already granted
The new request is the fourth that the high court addresses to Brussels. The European Parliament has already authorized two investigations against 'Alvise' to continue, while a third request continues its course within the institution.
The first authorization affects the case concerning the delegated prosecutor for hate crimes and discrimination in Valencia, Susana Gisbert. The investigation analyzes messages that disseminated her photograph and identity and that would have provoked a campaign of insults and threats against her.
The second corresponds to the financing of Se Acabó la Fiesta in the 2024 European elections. The procedure focuses on the 100,000 euros in cash that 'Alvise' received from cryptocurrency businessman Álvaro Romillo before obtaining his seat.
The ultra leader admitted having received the money, although he maintained that it was payment for a conference and denied that it was intended to finance his campaign. The investigating judge described that explanation as "unlikely" and provisionally appreciates possible crimes of illegal party financing and electoral crime.
With immunity already withdrawn in that procedure, the Supreme Court has demanded Se Acabó la Fiesta's accounting records and documentation linked to the campaign. It has also requested information from the Court of Accounts to cross-reference the declared income with the money used by the candidacy.
The third request refers to the complaint filed by the other two MEPs elected on the Se Acabó la Fiesta lists. Both broke with 'Alvise' and accuse him of alleged crimes of harassment and revelation of secrets after months of internal confrontations.
Six open cases in the Supreme Court
The ultra leader currently has six criminal proceedings in the high court. In addition to the four cases that have led to requests for immunity withdrawal, the Supreme Court maintains two other investigations open related to a false coronavirus test and with the rural protests.
One of them examines the dissemination in 2021 of a supposed medical report that falsely attributed a positive COVID test to Salvador Illa, then PSC candidate for the Generalitat. The document had the appearance of having been prepared by a laboratory at the Quirónsalud Hospital in Barcelona, which subsequently certified its falsity.
The Supreme Court finds evidence of possible crimes of falsification of a private document and slander. 'Alvise' declared that the file was circulating massively on the internet and maintained that he acted without bad faith, a version that will have to be contrasted with police reports and with the activity of several accounts linked to the dissemination.
The most recent case until Landaluce's investigates the alleged instigation of public disorder during the agricultural protests of February 2024. The analyzed messages would have promoted road blockades and actions aimed at collapsing communications and altering the functioning of infrastructures.
All these cases remain open and none has yet resulted in a conviction. The high number of proceedings shows, however, the extent to which the publications and methods used by the ultra leader of Se Acabó la Fiesta have ceased to be solely a matter of political agitation to become a recurring object of criminal investigation.
The new request for waiver of immunity will now reach the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs. After hearing 'Alvise' and studying the file, its members will submit a proposal to the plenary, which will have to decide whether to withdraw for the fourth time the parliamentary protection requested by Spanish Justice.
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