The investigations carried out by Spanish authorities in the case of the alleged spying in Mallorca on the "girlfriend" of former President Ricardo Martinelli), "is at a standstill", reports the Spanish newspaper El Diario.es

The woman spied upon declared that Martinelli used the Pegasus system and the Court of Gender Violence of Palma maintains the former president as an "untraceable" person.

The case came to light in March, when several Spanish media and news agencies reported that the authorities were investigating at least 11 people, including four agents of the Spanish Civil Guard, for a case of espionage and harassment of a woman

El Diario.es recalled that the investigations into the former president began with accusations that he allegedly commissioned and financed the surveillance of the woman after she filed two complaints for being "harassed by fear and concern for her physical and emotional integrity.".

The complaints, together with the entries and records made during the investigations and the evidence found on the phone of one of the defendants, led to the arrest of four agents of the Armed Institute, one of them belonging to the group that ensures security in buildings such as the Marivent Palace, added the media.

According to the investigations, those involved would have accepted Martinelli's mission in exchange for financial remuneration.