Spain has been dragged into the Epstein files saga after it emerged the paedophile financier allegedly sent two packages to former prime minister Jose Maria Aznar.
The discovery was made after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released three million documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein – more than a month after the court-ordered December 19 deadline.
The records allege that two parcels were addressed to ex-PM Aznar. He was still leading the conservative (Partido Popular) Government at the time the first one was sent.
According to documents made public on Friday, the files include receipts for two parcel shipments sent by Epstein, as well as a separate record of a travel-related payment made in Aznar’s name.
Sources close to Aznar – who owns a property in Marbella’s Guadalmina – told public broadcaster RTVE that he ‘does not know that man‘ and is unaware of the unearthed invoices.
The first package, weighing approximately 230 grams, was allegedly sent in September 2003, when Aznar was still serving as PM.
That period coincided with close diplomatic ties between Spain and the US, as well as Aznar’s well-known relationship with the-then president George W. Bush.
According to the files, the shipment cost $32.62 and was sent via FedEx from Epstein’s offices in New York to the Palacio de la Moncloa in Madrid. The recipient line on the delivery was labelled ‘Presidente y Ana Aznar‘.
A second package, weighing around 360 grams, was allegedly sent in May 2004, after Aznar had left office. This shipment was addressed to a location on Calle Juan Bravo in Madrid, where the FAES Foundation is headquartered.
The FAES (Fundacion para el Analisis y los Estudios Sociales) is a Madrid-based think tank which is closely linked to the Partido Popular and has been led by Aznar since 1989.
The released files also include a document showing a payment of $1,050 made by Epstein on October 17 2003 to a travel agency in the name of Jose Maria Aznar.
The company receiving the payment, Shoppers Travel Inc., was reportedly used by Epstein to book commercial flights for associates and employees.
The documents do not clarify whether the payment refers to the former prime minister or to his son, also named Jose Maria Aznar, who was born in 1978.
That individual had previously appeared in a business contacts address book linked to Epstein from the early 2000s.
Following the publication, US authorities confirmed that the release complies with a law passed in November 2024, which required all Epstein-related records to be made public before December 19 2025.
Only part of the material had initially been released by that deadline, with the Justice Department citing the volume of material and the need to protect victims and ongoing investigations. The newly disclosed batch completes that process.
The deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, said the release marks the final publication planned by the Trump administration under the law, which permitted limited redactions to safeguard victims and preserve active cases.
No allegation of wrongdoing against Jose Maria Aznar or his son has been made by US authorities in connection with the documents.
