{
  "id": 292882,
  "title": "Laura Cruz's latest complaint: “I'm so scared of Dámaso because he doesn't care who he takes with him”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/la-ultima-denuncia-de-laura-cruz-tengo-tanto-miedo-a-damaso-porque-no",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-08T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/sociedad/2026-08-08/la-ultima-denuncia-de-laura-cruz-tengo-tanto-miedo-a-damaso-porque-no-le-importa-a-quien-llevarse-por-medio.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "“I must clarify why I am so afraid of Dámaso, he doesn’t care who he takes down with him, he would even rather harm himself as long as he can do me harm, ruin my life, as he literally said at the time and was proven in previous trials.” This is part of Laura Cruz’s statement in the latest complaint she filed against Dámaso Fernández, although it terrified her: “Reporting these incidents causes me panic, I’m unable to rest, it’s taken away my desire to leave the house, to get out of bed, I cry constantly because I really don’t know what’s best for my children and for me, to accept his control and pressure so he doesn’t do anything to us or to report him. I know this complaint will make him angry and I’m not clear about the consequences, but I don’t find another legal way to defend myself against the psychological damage he inflicts on me by all means, now through patrimonial and economic control, harming me and again my children.”",
  "summary": "Economic violence was one of the many forms of violence that the now-former civil guard exercised against his ex-partner, also an agent, until he murdered her on August 5 at the Llanes barracks, where she lived and worked.",
  "key_points": [
    "Laura Cruz fears Dámaso Fernández intensely.",
    "Dámaso shows no concern for anyone but himself.",
    "Denunciation causes panic and disrupts daily life."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Laura Cruz's latest denunciation reveals her dire situation, trapped between Dámaso Fernández's psychological harm and her own fear of his retaliation, with her and her children's well-being hanging in the balance.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}