Spain's Attorney General Teresa Peramato has decided not to renew Almudena Lastra as top prosecutor for the Community of Madrid, replacing her with Isabel Martín. On Thursday, after the Fiscal Council, Peramato proposed several promotions, including allies of former Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz. The Association of Prosecutors criticizes the appointments as vengeful.
On Thursday, April 30, 2026, Spain's Attorney General Teresa Peramato proposed 22 appointments in the Public Prosecutor's Office to the government following the Fiscal Council meeting. She did not renew Almudena Lastra, Madrid's top prosecutor with 35 years of service and rank 424, who testified in the Supreme Court trial against Álvaro García Ortiz in November 2025. Lastra recounted suspecting a leak of emails from Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner by García Ortiz, stating: “I said: did you leak the emails?”.
Peramato appointed Isabel Martín, rank 1,306 from the Technical Secretariat and in charge of training, praising her “high technical competence” and transformation plan. In the Fiscal Council, Lastra received seven majority votes, while Martín got only four from Progressive Prosecutors' Union (UPF) members and ex officio voters.
Peramato promoted Pilar Rodríguez, former Madrid provincial chief prosecutor who provided the emails and was charged (later dropped), to Social Section prosecutor at the Supreme Court, where García Ortiz serves. Other promotions include Ana García León and Diego Villafañe from the 'Fortuny team', and Pilar Fernández Pérez, García Ortiz's wife, as deputy prosecutor for Galicia despite being near-last in rank with only four votes.
The majority Association of Prosecutors criticized the appointments: “what is truly striking [...] is not their exit, but their destination”. They praise Lastra for contradicting the “official doctrine” in the trial that convicted García Ortiz. Fiscal sources note an effort at balance, with six UPF affiliates and six from AF among the 22 appointments.
