Overview

• Judge Miriam de Rosa Palacio admitted the complaint and opened preliminary proceedings for alleged computer secret disclosure and illegal system access.
• The filing names former Guardia Civil directors Félix Vicente Azón and María Gámez, ex‑CNI director Paz Esteban, and executives of NSO Group and Saito Tech/Candiru.
• Five members of the Sentinel Alliance, including Joan Matamala, lodged the complaint and offered their phones and hard drives for independent checks by the Mossos’ forensic unit.
• The complainants seek declassification of authorizations and operational records, disclosure of costs, and statements from the accused parties.
• The case was first rejected by the Audiencia Nacional on competence grounds and is now before Barcelona’s Juzgado de Instrucción 2, drawing on CitizenLab findings as context and the CNI’s admission of 18 court‑approved surveillances.