Overview

• Carlos Mazón denied in a June 12 session of the Corts Valencianes that he drafted the ES-Alert message sent at 20:11 on October 29 during the dana.
• José Muñoz questioned Mazón directly, noting a 43-second call with ex-justice minister Salomé Pradas at 19:43 that preceded the alert’s preparation.
• A witness told the judge that Pradas dictated the alert message to a technician after her call with Mazón and withheld its dispatch until she approved it.
• The presiding judge criticized the nearly half-hour delay in sending the alert and raised concerns over the safety recommendations included in the SMS.
• Regional lawmakers and the judiciary are continuing to probe the alert’s content and timing as new testimonies and call records emerge.