Opus Dei

Opus Dei is depicted as a powerful institutional presence in central Pamplona: an entire city block is said to belong to it, and entry to a house there is described as exceptionally difficult for outsiders. In the same exchange, a witness is identified as protected both by the police and ecclesiastically, placing institutional and religious protection alongside the organization’s guarded premises without explicitly equating them.

Property and Presence

The meeting is arranged in Pamplona. A visitor is told to leave the car, wait for a quarter of an hour, then walk to number 27 on a parallel street and ring the first-floor bell. The directions lead to an imposing apartment, while the claim that the entire block belongs to Opus Dei establishes that the organization’s presence extends beyond a single building.

Access and Protection

Sarasola reassures his companion that outsiders are unlikely to enter the house, presenting the surrounding property as a protected space. The conversation also identifies a witness as protected by the police and, as Sarasola had explained, by ecclesiastical authority. The scene offers no further account of Opus Dei’s organization, membership, or role in that protection; its concrete significance here lies in the combination of extensive local property and tightly controlled access.