Spain's Supreme Court Prosecutor Dismisses Bribery Allegations Against Madrid President Ayuso

The Supreme Court’s prosecutor filed a decree this Monday closing the criminal complaint against Isabel Díaz Ayuso concerning an alleged bribery violation tied to the funding of her official visit to Mexico in early May 2026. The prosecutor concluded that the accusation, which was based largely on press information and differences between published expense figures, does not contain objective evidence that the president of the Community of Madrid obtained or accepted a gift or advantage related to her office.

The decree points out that missing entries in the Community’s Transparency Portal and the absence of public explanations for the trip’s financing are insufficient to infer a criminal payment by a third party. No payer has been identified, nor has there been proof that Ayuso knowingly accepted any benefit or that a benefit was connected to her public functions. The prosecutor also criticized the breadth of the investigative requests, deeming them disproportionate and unrelated to concrete criminal indications.