A judicial order in the Núcleo Nacional case has added a more specific account of the risk under investigation in Gijón. elDiario.es reports that the judge describes the group as “paramilitary”, cites references to using weapons and mentions contacts with organisations including Ukraine’s Azov Battalion. Those reported findings warrant close public scrutiny, but they do not settle any individual’s criminal liability.
The development is not merely the scale of the arrests reported last week. According to elDiario.es, investigators had monitored the group from shortly after its 2024 creation, and intercepted calls involving several leaders raised alarm. The outlet reports trips to Ukraine for training with the Azov Battalion, comments about an “uprising”, and explicit references to weapons. It says the Gijón court moved against the party’s leadership before a planned demonstration.
The term “paramilitary” matters because, as reported from the order, it frames the court’s concern around organisation and a possible ideological turn to violence, rather than isolated public remarks alone. That gives the case a public-safety significance beyond a local disturbance.
Its limits matter just as much. The available material is a news excerpt, not the full judicial order. It does not show the evidence behind each reported contact or conversation, when the events occurred, the role assigned to each person under investigation, or whether formal charges have been filed. It also contains no response from defence lawyers or Núcleo Nacional.
The reported allegations should not be minimised, given the conduct the court is said to be examining. But neither should they be converted into a verdict on every person investigated. The meaningful next development will be judicial decisions and evidence that clarify whether specific individual responsibilities can be established.
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- elDiario.es · Source date: 2026-11-10
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