Overview
- Spain made public 153 documents on the 1981 coup attempt, ending decades of secrecy through publication in the Official State Gazette and on La Moncloa’s website.
- The trove includes phone transcripts, intelligence memoranda and ministry records from the roughly 18-hour parliamentary hostage crisis.
- An internal CESID report says at least six intelligence officers knew of or supported the operation and later sought to conceal their roles using altered records and service equipment.
- All six named agents were expelled, only two were prosecuted and one convicted officer received a six-year sentence before being pardoned after serving half.
- The release triggered an immediate political clash as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hailed a transparency milestone and opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo accused the government of selective disclosure and demanded current files.