Macarena People has recognized that she always listens to Federico Jimenez Losantos “with great attention” in an interview in ‘La Sexta’ and that his impression is that “the decisions in Vox were not made within” the party. However, he claims that “I have no idea what El Yunque is” after being asked about it.
The former party deputy denied knowing about this organization, but she did confirm that some members of Vox, such as Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, have “actively and passively” denied her membership of El Yunque.
What is an anvil?
The National Anvil Organization o El Yunque is the name of an ultra-Catholic secret society that was born in 1953 in Puebla, Mexico. But it is believed that its first name was the Anti-Communist University Front (FUA). Its objective was to “defend the Catholic religion and fight against the forces of Satan” and establish “the kingdom of Christ on earth.”
El Yunque landed in Spain after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco so that the country would be governed “under the evangelical dictates“This is a secret society that does not work showing its identity, but rather operates from multiple associations or labels that try to influence society, as indicated in a document revealed by ‘El Confidencial’ in 2012 from Fernando Lopez Luengos. In it, three associations were set as examples: Make yourself heard, the Family Policy Institute or Professionals for Ethics, three groups that were especially combative during the Zapatero government.
El Yunque would have “managed to enter the main power structures of our country” and is present in organizations “media, political parties, in the University, ecclesial movements and in various diocesan bodies,” according to the document. However, El Yunque would recently remain “a very marginal association, very little influential and relevant” with “barely a few hundred”, according to Santiago Mata, author of the book ‘El Yunque in Spain: the secret society that divides Catholics’ .
When it was published, the Hazte Oír association sued the Catholic López Luengos for writing the document. The complaint was dismissed in 2014 by the judge when the veracity of the report was proven.
In the year 2021, a leak of WikiLeaks revealed that the most powerful structure in El Yunque was in Spain. In addition, he uncovered how the organization had been key in financing the party through donations from top executives.