Internal Affairs Division

The Internal Affairs Division is the institutional oversight body involved in an unfinished investigation concerning Jonan Etxaide and in information-sharing with Amaia Salazar’s homicide team. The book presents it through concrete procedural pressures rather than a detailed account of its structure: its inquiry remains open, it is to receive evidence, and new findings may bring investigators back for questioning.

Oversight and the Jonan Etxaide Inquiry

Amaia makes clear to colleagues that the Internal Affairs Division’s investigation has not concluded. She insists that Jonan Etxaide had consistently shown loyalty and honesty during their years working together, and says they have no reason to think badly of him. Her defense does not resolve the inquiry; it underscores that suspicion remains unsettled while the division continues its work.

Evidence and Further Questioning

A ballistics report links the weapon used in a recent killing to a pistol used six years earlier to murder a Madrid nightclub doorman. That pistol had been associated with Eastern European mafias, recovered at the earlier crime scene, and later gone missing from a Madrid court’s evidence store after a small fire damaged or destroyed some stored exhibits. On learning of the connection, an investigator says the Internal Affairs Division may want to question the team again. The finding therefore brings a past failure in evidence custody into the present investigation and threatens to widen the scrutiny of those working on the case.

Information-Sharing and Investigative Tension

When photographs are left in a mailbox rather than sent through official channels, Amaia calls the manner of delivery irregular. She nevertheless treats the images as potentially relevant evidence in the case her team is investigating. She says the information has already been sent to the Internal Affairs Division and Clemos, while arguing that compliance with procedure should not prevent the homicide investigation from continuing. The exchange defines the division’s role by contrast: it is an official recipient of material relevant to scrutiny, while Amaia’s immediate concern is to keep investigating with evidence that may bear on the active case. The text establishes this tension without specifying the division’s broader powers or the outcome of its inquiry.