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Mayor José Ignacio Landaluce of Algeciras has announced he will resign on Sunday, 25 October 2026. Jacinto Muñoz, the PP secretary general in Algeciras, is set to succeed him.
Jacinto Muñoz and Patricia Bueno testified as witnesses on Thursday, 22 October, before court number 2 for violence against women, which is investigating a complaint from a PP youth militant.
He is due before the same court on Friday, 23 October, in one of two alleged sexual assault complaints against him.
PSOE-A secretary general María Jesús Montero criticised Juanma Moreno on Thursday, 22 October, over the case and asked whether he received complaints against the mayor.
22 OctTwo councillors and the complainant testify as witnesses before court number 2
23 OctLandaluce is due to testify as a person under investigation
25 OctLandaluce's announced resignation as mayor of Algeciras
Resignation announced
José Ignacio Landaluce, mayor of Algeciras in Cádiz province, has announced that he will resign on Sunday, 25 October 2026. The announcement was reported on Thursday, 22 October, while he was still in office. A court is investigating one of two complaints of alleged sexual assault against him, and he is due to testify before the same court on Friday, 23 October, as a person under investigation. Jacinto Muñoz, secretary general of the Popular Party (PP) in Algeciras, is set to succeed him as mayor.
Witness testimony
Two PP councillors in Algeciras, Jacinto Muñoz and Patricia Bueno, gave evidence as witnesses on Thursday before court number 2 for violence against women. The court is investigating a complaint filed by a PP youth militant from Nuevas Generaciones, and that complainant also testified that day. Patricia Bueno is the complainant's superior, and she is one of three councillors who continue to back Landaluce since the complaints became public. Bueno declined to speak to the reporters waiting outside the courthouse. Muñoz told them he had simply done what he has always done, cooperating with justice, and then said:
“What I had to say I have already told the judge and the lawyers of the various parties, and I have nothing more to say.”
Jacinto Muñoz
The alleged July episode
According to Europa Sur, the complainant, who holds a municipal trust post in the Office of Attention to the Elderly, told Bueno about an episode in July in the mayor's office. The paper reports that Landaluce, under the pretext of showing her breast self-examination to detect tumours, touched her breasts. Weeks later, on 8 August, she met Bueno, Muñoz and another councillor from the governing team. In her account, as the paper reports it, Muñoz, then deputy mayor, suggested she write and sign a statement saying she did not want what she had told them used, and that no measures be taken without her consent. These details come from the complainant's version as published by the paper.
Political fallout
María Jesús Montero, secretary general of the PSOE in Andalusia, criticised Juanma Moreno, president of the regional government and of the PP in Andalusia, in remarks made in Seville on Thursday. She said the case has caused shame among Andalusian society. She asked Moreno whether it is true that he received complaints filed against the mayor for alleged sexual offences.
What comes next
Landaluce is summoned to testify on Friday, 23 October, and his announced resignation is set for Sunday, 25 October. Muñoz is expected to take over as mayor of Algeciras. The reports refer to a second complaint against the mayor, but the articles do not describe its progress. The timeline below sets out the key dates.
Algeciras mayor Landaluce to resign on 25 October as sexual assault complaints are probed
José Ignacio Landaluce will step down as mayor of Algeciras on Sunday, 25 October 2026. He is under investigation over one of two alleged sexual assault complaints, and two councillors testified as witnesses before the court on Thursday, 22 October.
AI text based on reports by europa press and La Razón. Published .
