Detective Guacamaya | Verification and Information Integrity Unit
Guacamaya, March 25, 2026. Several media outlets published as fact that Delcy Rodríguez agreed with José Luis Ábalos in 2020 to send 6 million barrels of crude oil to finance the PSOE, at the Barajas airport. But to date, there is no judicial ruling that allows this to be affirmed as a proven fact.
What does exist is an accusation filed by Víctor de Aldama, along with unverified documents he submitted to the Spanish courts, and an official denial from PDVSA.
The distinction matters. One thing is for a defendant to make an accusation or submit documents. Another, very different thing, is for that accusation to have already been proven. And it is this leap that several headlines made without, for now, there being any public judicial validation to support it.
PDVSA, furthermore, formally denied the account. The state-owned oil company rejected having participated in an alleged scheme to send crude oil to finance the PSOE. The statement makes it clear that this is not an admission accepted by the accused party.
Víctor de Aldama is not a neutral source. His political accusations as a defendant have a clear procedural interest, and his claims require independent corroboration before being elevated to the status of proven fact. Aldama has previously promoted accusations with great media impact that did not withstand institutional verification. One example was the case of the alleged accounts in the Dominican Republic belonging to Spanish ministers, which was later shelved by the Supreme Court after it was determined that the banking documents were not authentic.
For these reasons, Detective Guacamaya’s verdict is “misleading.” Not because it has been proven that the story is entirely fabricated, but because it has not been publicly proven to be true, and because presenting it as a settled fact erases essential details of the case: that the accusation comes from a controversial source, that the alleged evidence has not been conclusively validated publicly, and that PDVSA officially denied it.
What can be said
There is an accusation filed by Víctor de Aldama, in which he submitted documents that have not been verified as true. There is also an official denial from PDVSA.
What cannot be said
That it is proven that Delcy Rodríguez agreed to that shipment of crude oil to finance the PSOE.
Detective Guacamaya is the Verification and Information Integrity Unit of Guacamaya and verifies public claims with available evidence, not with rumors or false headlines.
