Logroño: the Guardia Civil investigates a 14-year-old who took photographs of nine underage classmates from their public social-media profiles, used AI tools to strip and sexualise them, and uploaded the fake images to an adult pornography website under a profile describing them as girls from his school made with AI, organised in folders with each girl's personal details; the images reached about 40,000 views before removal (reported 14 July 2026)
On 14 July 2026 Spain's Interior Ministry published a Guardia Civil release stating that a 14-year-old from Logroño was under investigation as the presumed author of offences of discovery and disclosure of secrets, corruption of minors and child pornography. Investigators from the technology investigation team (EDITE) and Equipo@ found that he knew all nine victims, all minors and classmates, followed them on social media, took their photographs from the public content of their profiles without consent, and used artificial-intelligence tools to manipulate the images, digitally undress and sexualise them. He uploaded the fake pornographic material to an adult pornography website, created a profile there describing the content as girls from his school made with AI, and organised it in individual folders with each victim's personal data, which the Guardia Civil says made the girls recognisable and multiplied the emotional and social harm. Before the content could be removed it had reached about 40,000 views, amplifying the harm to the nine girls' privacy within hours. The proceedings were passed to the juvenile prosecutor under the juvenile criminal responsibility law; the release notes that parents or guardians are jointly liable for moral damages. Diario de León (Europa Press, 26 July) placed the case in a series of Spanish school cases since Almendralejo in 2023 and, unlike the release, described the minor as having been arrested.
- AI system
- Unidentified image tool
- Occurred
- Event date unknown
- Reported
- 14 July 2026
- Event location
- Spain
- What the AI did
- Depicted or impersonated the person
- Reported harm
- Exploitation or AbusePsychological DistressReputational Harm
- Whose AI use
- Someone else’s AI use
- Setting
- Education · Everyday life · Privacy
- Evidence
- AI involvement reported · Causal attribution supported · 3 sources, 1 underlying account
- 4 claims: 4 reported. 5 open questions
- People reported harmed
- 9 people
AI system as recorded: AI image-manipulation ('undressing') tools; not named in the Guardia Civil release
What Happened
The Guardia Civil release published by the Interior Ministry on 14 July 2026 states that the Guardia Civil is investigating a 14-year-old from Logroño as the presumed author of the offences of discovery and disclosure of secrets, corruption of minors and child pornography, identified as responsible for creating and distributing false sexual images affecting nine classmates, all minors. The investigation, by the Technological Investigation Team (EDITE) and Equipo@, established that he personally knew all the victims and followed them on their social networks, from which he obtained their photographs without consent by accessing the public content of their profiles; he then used artificial-intelligence tools to manipulate the photographs, digitally undress and sexualise them. Once the false pornographic material (deepfakes) was generated, he uploaded it to an adult pornography website; to give it wider circulation he created a profile on that platform whose description said he uploads girls from his school made with AI, and organised the material in individual folders with each victim's personal data, which facilitated recognition of the minors and multiplied the emotional and social harm they suffered. Before the content could be removed the fake images had reached about 40,000 views, so that the harm to the nine minors' privacy was amplified uncontrollably within hours. The proceedings were placed at the disposal of the juvenile prosecutor under Organic Law 5/2000; parents or legal guardians must answer jointly for the moral damages. Extremadura7días (14 July) reproduced the release. Diario de León (Europa Press, 26 July) reported that on 14 July the Guardia Civil detained the 14-year-old in Logroño (the release says investigated, not detained), repeated the method, the profile description, the folders with personal data and the roughly 40,000 views before removal, and set the case beside the 2023 Almendralejo case and later cases in Valencia, Zaragoza and Seville.
Reported harm
Nine underage girls were depicted naked and sexualised in AI-manipulated images published on an adult pornography site under folders carrying their personal data, where the images reached about 40,000 views before removal; the Guardia Civil describes emotional and social harm and an uncontrollable amplification of the harm to their privacy. Attribution rests on the Guardia Civil release; no victim statement was inspected.
Outcome
OngoingGuardia Civil investigation (EDITE and Equipo@) concluded with the identification of the 14-year-old as presumed author; proceedings referred to the Fiscalía de Menores under Organic Law 5/2000 (juvenile criminal responsibility). The release states that parents or legal guardians must answer jointly for the moral damages caused to the victims. The release states the images were removed from the site after about 40,000 views but does not say who removed them or when, and says the minor faces criminal and educational measures; whether the prosecutor opened juvenile proceedings is not reported.
What remains unknown
- When the images were made and uploaded; the release gives no dates.
- The AI tools and the pornography website used.
- Whether the minor was detained (Europa Press via Diario de León dates a detention to 14 July, the release date, while also calling him investigado) or only investigated (the release, which gives no date for the identification or any event).
- What the juvenile prosecutor decided and whether the victims received support.
- Whether all copies were removed.
What the evidence supports
AI involvement: reported. The Guardia Civil states that the minor used artificial-intelligence tools to manipulate, digitally undress and sexualise the photographs; the tools are not named and no independent account was inspected.
4 claims: 4 reported. What the statuses mean
Reported The Guardia Civil investigates a 14-year-old from Logroño as presumed author of discovery and disclosure of secrets, corruption of minors and child pornography, identified as responsible for creating and distributing false sexual images affecting nine underage classmates.
Causal attribution. Guardia Civil release; Diario de León describes a detention where the release describes an investigation.
- interior.gob.es(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
'La Guardia Civil investiga a un joven de 14 años de Logroño como presunto autor de los delitos de descubrimiento y revelación de secretos, corrupción de menores y pornografía infantil.'; 'imágenes falsas de contenido sexual que afectaron a nueve compañeras de clase, todas ellas menores de edad.'
- extremadura7dias.com(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
'La Guardia Civil investiga a un joven de 14 años de Logroño como presunto autor de los delitos de descubrimiento y revelación de secretos, corrupción de menores y pornografía infantil.'
- diariodeleon.es(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
'El pasado 14 de julio, fue la Guardia Civil quien detuvo a un menor de 14 años en Logroño'
Reported He knew all the victims, followed them on social media, took their photographs from the public content of their profiles without consent, and used artificial-intelligence tools to manipulate, digitally undress and sexualise them.
Causal attribution. Guardia Civil account of the method.
- interior.gob.es(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
'obtuvo las fotografías de sus compañeras sin su consentimiento, accediendo al contenido público de sus perfiles. Posteriormente, utilizó herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial (IA) para manipularlas, desnudarlas digitalmente y sexualizarlas.'
- diariodeleon.es(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
'manipular las imágenes, desnudarlas digitalmente y sexualizarlas'
Reported He uploaded the fake pornographic material to an adult pornography website, created a profile there describing the content as girls from his school made with AI, and organised it in individual folders with each victim's personal data, which the Guardia Civil says facilitated recognition of the minors and multiplied the emotional and social harm; before the content could be removed the images had reached about 40,000 views, which the Guardia Civil says amplified the harm to the nine minors' privacy uncontrollably within hours.
Causal attribution. Guardia Civil account; the emotional and social harm is the Guardia Civil's characterisation, no victim statement inspected.
- interior.gob.es(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
'el menor lo subió a una página web de pornografía para adultos.'; 'Subo chicas de mi insti hechas con IA'; 'organizó el material en carpetas individuales con datos personales de cada víctima.'; 'las imágenes falsas ya habían alcanzado cerca de 40.000 visualizaciones'; 'Esta acción facilitó el reconocimiento de las menores y multiplicó el daño emocional y social sufrido por las víctimas.'
- extremadura7dias.com(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
'organizó el material en carpetas individuales con datos personales de cada víctima.'
- diariodeleon.es(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
'Alcanzaron cerca de 40.000 visualizaciones antes de ser retiradas.'
Reported The proceedings were referred to the juvenile prosecutor under Organic Law 5/2000, and the release states that parents or legal guardians are jointly liable for the moral damages caused to the victims.
Causal attribution. Guardia Civil release.
- interior.gob.es(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
'Las diligencias han sido puestas a disposición de la Fiscalía de Menores'; 'los padres o tutores legales deberán responder de forma solidaria por los daños morales'
- diariodeleon.es(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
'es la Fiscalía de Menores la que asume este tipo de diligencias'
Sources
3 sources inspected, from 1 underlying account. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.
- Ministerio del Interior / Guardia Civil, 14 July 2026: Investigado un menor por crear y difundir deepfakes pornográficos de nueve compañeras de instituto(opens in new tab)
s1 · interior.gob.es · Official release · Spanish · Inspected · 14 July 2026 · Shares an underlying account with another listed source · Primary
- extremadura7dias.com(opens in new tab)
s2 · News report · Spanish · Inspected · Shares an underlying account with another listed source
- diariodeleon.es(opens in new tab)
s3 · News report · Spanish · Inspected · Shares an underlying account with another listed source
How the sources were read, and where the events happened
Read on 2026-09-23 through the r.jina.ai reader proxy (the live page returned 403); Interior Ministry press page carrying the Guardia Civil release of 14 July 2026. Translated by the reviewer. Applies to s1.
Read live on 2026-09-23 (Extremadura7días, 14 July 2026): verbatim reproduction of the Guardia Civil release. Same chain as s1. Applies to s2.
Read live on 2026-09-23 (Europa Press agency piece carried by Diario de León, 26 July 2026, JSON-LD body): the Logroño case summarised from the Guardia Civil account, with earlier Spanish school cases as context; dates a detention to 14 July where the release says investigated. Applies to s3.
Event countries: Spain. Affected-person countries: Spain. Court countries: Unknown.
The investigated minor is from Logroño and the victims are his classmates (Guardia Civil release: un joven de 14 años de Logroño; compañeras de clase). The proceedings went to the juvenile prosecutor (Fiscalía de Menores), which is not a court; no court proceeding is reported.
Reviewed for publication 2026-09-23: Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case affecting nine minors, documented by an official Guardia Civil release carried by national and regional outlets; single reporting chain, so every claim is recorded as reported. No victim, school or perpetrator is named; the perpetrator is a minor and the event date is unknown.
People described
Nine underage girls, classmates of the investigated 14-year-old at a secondary school in Logroño; none is named
People reported harmed in this case
9 people
0 AI participants · 9 other people harmed
Nine classmates, all minors, per the Guardia Civil release (nueve compañeras de clase, todas ellas menores de edad). Exact 9. The 40,000 figure is views, not people, and is not counted.
Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.
Cite this case
Compiled per our published methodology: verification statuses, sourcing standards, and corrections process.
APA
NOPE. (2026). Logroño: the Guardia Civil investigates a 14-year-old who took photographs of nine underage classmates from their public social-media profiles, used AI tools to strip and sexualise them, and uploaded the fake images to an adult pornography website under a profile describing them as girls from his school made with AI, organised in folders with each girl's personal details; the images reached about 40,000 views before removal (reported 14 July 2026). AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-logrono-14-year-old-ai-deepfakes-nine-classmates-porn-site
BibTeX
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title = {Logroño: the Guardia Civil investigates a 14-year-old who took photographs of nine underage classmates from their public social-media profiles, used AI tools to strip and sexualise them, and uploaded the fake images to an adult pornography website under a profile describing them as girls from his school made with AI, organised in folders with each girl's personal details; the images reached about 40,000 views before removal (reported 14 July 2026)},
author = {NOPE},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {AI incidents},
url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-logrono-14-year-old-ai-deepfakes-nine-classmates-porn-site}
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