The ultra agitator Vito Quiles is wanted and accused the Government of persecuting him

The ultra agitator Vito Quiles has been declared wanted after failing to attend several court summons, according to various media outlets this Wednesday. The order comes in the midst of a chain of open proceedings, parliamentary sanctions, and controversies that have placed the far-right collaborator in the political and judicial spotlight in recent months.

Quiles reacted on X with his usual formula. He presented the judge's decision as a "political maneuver by the Government" and directly attacked Pedro Sánchez's circle. "A judge has ordered my arrest after a campaign of massive complaints from Sánchez's circle following my meeting with Begoña Gómez," he wrote. He then accused the Executive of using justice "to persecute its rivals without reason" and closed the message with a defiant and ironic "Not one step back."

The message fits the script Quiles has repeated every time an institutional or judicial controversy has ended up cornering him. He turns an order issued by a judicial body into a narrative of political persecution, presents himself as a victim of Moncloa, and avoids addressing the reason that activated the measure: the court summons he allegedly failed to appear for.

A history of clashes and open cases

The arrest warrant does not appear in a vacuum. Quiles has accumulated proceedings for various episodes related to his public activity, including cases for alleged disobedience, unauthorized recordings, and conflicts with political officials, journalists, and institutional representatives.

One of the most well-known cases was the temporary withdrawal of his accreditation in the Congress of Deputies. The Chamber suspended his access as a "journalist" for three months for violating internal rules and recording in unauthorized areas. Afterwards, the far-right Vox tried to introduce him as a guest on a day about freedom of expression, but the Presidency of Congress also blocked that access.

To that front was added the case opened after the dissemination on social media of private home data of Beatriz Corredor, president of Red Eléctrica and former socialist minister. Quiles testified before the judge and invoked freedom of expression and the alleged informative interest of his publications. Corredor went to court considering that these messages affected her privacy and could incite harassment against her home.

He also carries the procedure promoted by Rubén Sánchez, general secretary of Facua, whose private prosecution asks for nine years in prison for alleged crimes of slander and insult with the aggravating factor of ideological hatred. In that case, the cause focuses on messages disseminated by Quiles against Sánchez through social media and the channel where he worked.

The defense says it has no knowledge

The lawyer for the ultra agitator, Juan Gonzalo Ospina, has assured that "he had no knowledge of the order" and has defended that his client is represented in several courts with a lawyer and solicitor. From his circle, they have hinted that it could be an "attempt to intimidate him," a version that Quiles immediately elevated to the political arena with his accusation against the Government.

So far, it has not been publicly clarified which specific procedure the order corresponds to. What has transpired is that the Police would have tried to locate him at his home without finding him, within the proceedings linked to the pending judicial requirements.

The complaint by Begoña Gómez against Quiles for an incident in an establishment was archived, but that episode also forms part of the context that the agitator himself has used to present himself as the target of persecution. In his reaction this Wednesday, he again places that encounter as the origin of the supposed "campaign" against him.

The case once again places Quiles at the center of a scene he knows well: provocation, record, victimist reaction, and political loudspeaker for the far-right. This time, however, the step is not taken by a parliamentary institution or a political adversary, but by a court demanding his appearance.