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It stings Pablo Iglesias (43 years old) to be exposed, so he

usually charges the press

when it publishes something that he is not interested in or that he considers fake even if it is proven with unequivocal evidence.

In addition, it is common for his related media to defend him to the death and surround journalists who do not agree with his doctrine or investigate him, as is done with any other politician in the Government.

In fact, already in 2017 the Madrid Press Association demanded that Podemos

will abandon his

"personal harassment campaign"

to different prestigious firms, "through social networks, public allusions, intimidating calls and private messages," it said in a statement.

ministry of truth

of the Government, where many saw a kind of censorship, the purple leader continues to try to silence the voices that criticize him, ergo he has expanded his number of enemies.

On this occasion, his objective is not a pen, but an honorable retired military officer, Colonel Diego Camacho, 76, to whom he has filed a complaint for alleged slander and insults.

"I found out from the media, nothing has arrived at my house yet"

, says the colonel in conversation with LOC. It all began in May 2020. This infantry colonel, graduated in special operations, graduated in Political Science from the UCM and master in International Relations who worked 14 years at CESID and has extensive experience international in defense of Spain, wrote an article in the digital newspaper El Correo de España entitled The dangerous friends of Iglesias.

"In the exercise of my freedom of expression like any Spanish citizen, I made an analysis of something that affects national security. I alluded to certain information in the national and international press that confirmed the connections of the vice president with

the government of Venezuela, supported by drug trafficking, or with Hezbollah terrorists

.

Iglesias is part of a neorevolutionary movement with objectives in Europe and Spain, "he says. As you can see, the text dealt with a recurring theme in the media, Iglesias's reprehensible relationship with the Venezuelan dictatorship. And it also dealt with another tricky issue for Irene Montero's partner:

the work of Dina Bousselham

, act

l director of the digital newspaper

podemita

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whom he described as a spy.

"It is clear that for me being a spy is not an offense, I have been for many years, I was a paid informant for the benefit of my country and I am very proud of it." Camacho published the article in May and then intervened in the summer on two YouTube channels (

The Friday club and Here the voice of Europe

) to talk about the same issues, which ended up annoying Pablo Iglesias, who sent an act of conciliation to the colonel in which he demanded that he retract and indemnify him with 1 euro (something symbolic), "reserving subsequent legal actions, that's why we didn't reach an agreement, "Camacho clarifies.

"It was a trap," he adds.

MARILÓ MONTERO

Colonel Camacho had breakfast on January 7 with the news that Iglesias was filing a complaint against him.

"Apparently he feels hurt in his honor, but for me honor is a medieval concept focused on respect for women, and look what he said about Mariló Montero. It is also related to the word given, when he was sworn in before the Constitution and with loyalty to the king and he is boycotting him all day. I have not meddled with his person, but rather in political issues of government action. I insist that he is putting national security at risk. "Camacho thinks that if Iglesias has The defendant is because he is a military man.

"It coincides in a moment of tension after the military Easter, with the letter from the military to the king and the filtering of the controversial chat of retired soldiers." The colonel did not sign the letter initially, he joined later, and of course condemns the chat.

"One thing and another have nothing to do with it," he says.

"Miss Robles (defense minister) did not defend us enough, she stopped short. With our letter we did not intend to discredit the armed forces, but to report a dangerous situation." Married and with three children,

Diego Camacho has lived in Guinea, Morocco, France and Costa Rica

.

He was one of the first soldiers to denounce fellow coup plotters of the 23-F, which led to an arrest years later in the days of Aznar, when he put coup leaders in charge of the CNI.

He also warned of the danger of the coup in Guinea against Obiang.

They are not his only feats: he saved the lives of three Sahrawis from El Aaiún in Rabat and collaborated with the Spanish embassy in France to convince the Gauls to consider ETA terrorists and not members of a national liberation movement. the colonel lives quietly in his flat in Cuatro Vientos and his evening dress no longer fits ("I've gotten fat since I retired").

He wrote a column and at his age a certain Pablo Iglesias filed a complaint.

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