"You have good teeth, they would look great on a necklace". This is one of the threats received by Rubén Sánchez, general secretary of FACUA, for weeks via WhatsApp. The judge investigating the facts has agreed to continue the procedure against the man who allegedly sent him 46 threatening messages and reproached him for having taken the ultra agitator Vito Quiles to court.
Magistrate Ana Cristina Escribano Mora, head of position number 19 of the Instruction Section of the Court of First Instance of Seville, has issued an order for transformation into an abbreviated procedure for an alleged continuous crime of threats. The resolution allows progress towards a possible opening of an oral trial and grants ten days to Sánchez's representation to present his indictment.
FACUA announced this Thursday the judicial decision, adopted on September 14 and notified this Tuesday to the parties. The order came after Sánchez gave a statement and after the investigated person exercised his right not to testify on September 10. The magistrate states that the threats occurred "due to the political ideology of the complainant" and that they generated in him "a situation of fear and unease", according to the information disseminated by the association.
Una jueza procesa por delito continuado de amenazas al fan de Vito Quiles que me hostigó durante semanas a través de WhatsApp con decenas de mensajes como «tienes una buena dentadura, quedaría muy bien en un collar» o «disfruta de lo que te queda de vida». https://t.co/Bz4UdJp8KH
— Rubén Sánchez (@RubenSanchezTW) October 1, 2026
Death threats for taking Quiles to court
The messages occurred between November 14 and December 1, 2025. In addition to warning him to enjoy what was left of his life, the sender stated that he wanted to see him "hung from a tree" and asked him how he felt being constantly afraid. He also threatened to assault him if he found him on the street and directed messages against his family.
The harassment included reproaches for the legal actions against Quiles and insults related to the political positions of the head of FACUA. The sender presented him as a servant of the PSOE and wished him death along with other people he called traitors. Sánchez digitally certified the messages to incorporate them as evidence into the procedure.
The complaint, filed in Seville in mid-November, led to an investigation by the Violent Extremism and Hate Team of the National Police. Agents identified the suspect by requesting information from his telecommunications company and located his home in Vallirana, Barcelona. ElConstitucional.es already reported on that investigation and his arrest last February.
The investigated person, identified as Christian F. J., 35 years old, was arrested on January 15 near his home. He exercised his right not to testify at police headquarters and was released that same day, with the obligation to appear when required by the judicial authority.
According to FACUA's calculation, a possible conviction for serious unconditional threats of a continuous nature could range between one year and three months and two and a half years in prison. Sánchez's lawyer, Francisco Tejado, is preparing an accusation that will include the aggravating circumstance of discrimination for ideological reasons, the application of which the court will have to decide.
Quiles is also prosecuted for his accusations against Sánchez
The threats occurred while Sánchez was engaged in a legal battle against the ultra Vito Quiles for alleged libel and slander. That case advanced in April, when another Sevillian magistrate agreed to continue the procedure for publications in which the agitator linked the FACUA leader to crimes of pedophilia, fraud, extortion, and sending hitmen. These are two distinct procedures, referring to the actions attributed to each investigated person.
In the procedure against Quiles, the instructor found evidence that the publications sought to "humiliate, offend, and vilify" Sánchez. The resolution questioned whether these accusations were protected by freedom of expression and pointed to EDATV, where part of the content was disseminated, as a subsidiary civil responsible party. Quiles had argued that his statements were part of his professional activity.
Sánchez's private prosecution requested in April nine years in prison for three continuous crimes of slander with the aggravating factor of ideological hatred, in addition to other measures. This is a request from his legal representation, pending judicial resolution.
In the case of the WhatsApps, Tejado must now specify the penalty he demands and request the opening of the oral trial against the alleged author of the 46 threats.
