Puente tweeted against judges and the opposition during the latest railway chaos.

Elderly people and children sleeping at a train station . Last Sunday, the scene was repeated for the third time in three weeks on the platforms of Santa Justa (Seville). First, there was the national blackout, which left thousands of people stranded in the middle of nowhere, unable to resume their journey. Then, according to the initial report, a cable was stolen in several locations in the province of Toledo—although the company's president clarified hours later that the total chaos was actually caused by an Iryo train snagging the overhead line, which left the trains without power.

A total of more than 30 services were interrupted on the Madrid-Seville line. The latest incident, like so many others that continue to repeat themselves, leaving thousands of rail users stranded.

The umpteenth crisis caught the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente—already reprimanded by Parliament for his management of this service—embraced in a tweet war against the opposition, the President of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, the judiciary, the "lawfare" movement, and the demonstration organized the day before yesterday against the government in Madrid's Plaza de Colón.

By the time the Transport Minister decided to stop posting his usual inflammatory messages on social media, two breakdowns had already disrupted the proper functioning of high- and medium-speed trains between Andalusia and Madrid . One occurred between Hornachuelos and Villanueva de Córdoba (Córdoba) on Friday afternoon, which lasted until Saturday, and another in Seville on Sunday, for which the company offered no explanation and which culminated in another night of waiting at the Seville train station.

Hours before the latest incident involving Renfe on the Madrid-Seville connection, the minister spent his Saturday defending his colleague in the government, the Minister of Justice, the Presidency, and Parliamentary Relations, Félix Bolaños , whose statement before Judge Juan Carlos Peinado, who is conducting the investigation into the wife of the Prime Minister, on April 16, was leaked to the media last Friday. Puente took the opportunity to criticize the judge, whom he accused of acting with impunity with the support of the judiciary. "Serious question, has the synchronized opinion team of judges, prosecutors, and jurists around here already spoken out about this procedure?" the minister shared. He also noted that Peinado is leaving the image of the Justice system "in tatters."

That same day, just an hour later, the Minister of Transport clashed again with a judge over an article written in the Financial Times , which, according to this X user, defended the separation of powers and judicial independence. The minister responded: "The lawyer doesn't understand English. Or she doesn't have a subscription that allows her to read the Financial Times. The article specifically raises the issue of 'lawfare.'"

Puente also spent the afternoon mocking the anti-government demonstration called by the Platform for Constitutional Spain in Plaza de Colón, where, according to the Government Delegation in Madrid, at least 25,000 people gathered. Puente shared a photo of the event, which seemed to show a rather small crowd, adding: "Hundreds and hundreds" and "They don't tell the truth, not even in error. Artists of manipulation and hoaxes." There was also criticism of the president of the Valencian Generalitat, Carlos Mazón. The minister also criticized him for his unknown whereabouts during the worst hours of the flood on October 29: "We don't know what the president of the region did or where he was six months ago, the day 228 people drowned in Valencia."