Ayuso signs and dismisses on the same day a retired general of the Civil Guard affected by the 'Zabalza case' He appoints Arturo Espejo Valero to the cybersecurity agency, and then backs down when EL PAÍS learns that he was involved in the arrest of a suspect of collaborating with ETA who appeared drowned after escaping. The official version is that he escaped and drowned.

The appointment is void, because it will not be published in the official bulletin [on Thursday]. He will be named later to another person.