Teacher arrested in Murcia for threatening Health Minister Mónica García
A 50-year-old man with no prior record made two calls to Más Madrid with threats including sexual allusions and a throat-cutting threat.
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What this story says
- A 50-year-old high school teacher in Murcia was arrested on 16 September for allegedly making serious threats against the Minister of Health, Mónica García.
- The threats were made in two phone calls to the municipal group of Más Madrid, the party to which García belongs.
- In one call, the man allegedly made vexatious sexual allusions against García and other party members.
- In a second call, the man allegedly stated he would 'cut her throat'.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 11 of the 17 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
65/100
Hype
20/100
17 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Police in Murcia have arrested a 50-year-old high school teacher on suspicion of making serious threats against the Minister of Health, Mónica García. The man, who has no prior criminal record, allegedly made two phone calls to the municipal group of Más Madrid, the political party of which García is a member. The arrest was carried out on 16 September.
According to reports, in one of the calls the man insulted García and other party members with vexatious sexual allusions. In a separate call, he allegedly stated he would 'cut her throat'. The investigation was conducted by the Central Information Brigade of Madrid in collaboration with agents from the Superior Police Headquarters of Murcia.
Disagreement on specific threat wording
While Infobae reported the man stated he would 'cut her throat', other reports describe the threat as one of 'killing' or 'serious threats' without specifying the exact words used.
What the coverage left out
None of the left-rated or centre-rated reports mentioned the specific date of the arrest, which was 16 September, as stated in the Infobae full report. No right-rated outlet ran this story.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 28 Sept 2026, 15:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
2 rated outlets
- Both left-rated reports highlighted the specific nature of the threats made. Infobae, which published a full report, stated the man threatened to 'cut her throat' and also made 'vexatious sexual allusions'. Eldiario.es, in its digest, also mentioned the vexatious sexual allusions made against the minister and colleagues.
Centre
4 rated outlets
- The centre-rated reports focused on the arrest and the general nature of the threats. Digests from 20minutos, El Confidencial, and Cadena SER noted the man was 50 years old, had no record, and made two calls to Más Madrid with threats against the minister and party members. El Confidencial also mentioned insults and sexual allusions. Europapress.es's digest stated the professor threatened to kill the minister.
Right
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Teacher arrested in Murcia for threatening Health Minister Mónica García?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 33% are rated left, 67% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 17. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Teacher arrested in Murcia for threatening Health Minister Mónica García left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Teacher arrested in Murcia for threatening Health Minister Mónica García biased?
- Teacher arrested in Murcia for threatening Health Minister Mónica García is one event reported by 17 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Teacher arrested in Murcia for threatening Health Minister Mónica García?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Teacher arrested in Murcia for threatening Health Minister Mónica García?
- 17 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Who was arrested and why?
- A 50-year-old high school teacher in Murcia was arrested for allegedly making serious threats against the Minister of Health, Mónica García. The threats were made in two phone calls to the municipal group of Más Madrid.
- What kind of threats were made?
- In one call, the man allegedly insulted Mónica García and other party members with vexatious sexual allusions. In another call, he reportedly stated he would 'cut her throat'.
- Does the arrested man have a criminal record?
- No, the arrested man is 50 years old and has no prior criminal record, according to police sources cited in the reports.
Read it at the source
17 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
2Centre
4- A High School Professor Arrested in Murcia for Threatening to Kill Minister Mónica García (opens 20minutos in a new tab)
- Professor Arrested in Murcia for Threatening to Kill Minister Mónica García (opens El Confidencial in a new tab)
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- A High School Professor Was Arrested in Murcia for Threatening to kill... (opens europapress.es in a new tab)
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- A Professor of Institute of the Region of Murcia Arrested for Threatening to Kill the Minister of Health (opens Cadena SER in a new tab)
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Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Not rated
11- A High School Teacher Arrested for Threatening to Kill Mónica García (opens noticiasdealava.eus in a new tab)
noticiasdealava.eus — is noticiasdealava.eus biased? Our profile of this outlet
- A High School Teacher Arrested for Threatening to Kill Mónica García (opens noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus in a new tab)
noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus — is noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus biased? Our profile of this outlet
- A High School Teacher Arrested for Threatening to Kill Mónica García (opens Deia in a new tab)
- A High School Teacher Arrested for Threatening to Kill Mónica García (opens Noticias de Navarra in a new tab)
Noticias de Navarra — is Noticias de Navarra biased? Our profile of this outlet
- A Teacher Is Arrested in Murcia for Threatening the Minister of Health with "Cut Her Throat" (opens LaSexta in a new tab)
- Police Arrest a Professor in Murcia for Threatening to Kill Mónica García (opens The Objective in a new tab)
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- Police Arrest a Teacher for Threatening to Kill Minister of Health Mónica García (opens lacronicabadajoz.com in a new tab)
lacronicabadajoz.com — is lacronicabadajoz.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Police Arrest a Teacher for Threatening to Kill Minister of Health Mónica García (opens elcorreogallego.es in a new tab)
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- Police Arrest a Teacher for Threatening to Kill Minister of Health Mónica García (opens elcorreoweb.es in a new tab)
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- Police Arrest a Teacher for Threatening to Kill Minister of Health Mónica García (opens laprovincia.es in a new tab)
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- Police Arrest a Teacher for Threatening to Kill Minister of Health Mónica García (opens informacion.es in a new tab)
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