Overview

• In a June 26 session of the congressional inquiry, Luis García Terán affirmed that Es Satty never provided useful intelligence nor received payment from the CNI.
• The deputy director revealed that the CNI assessed Es Satty as a potential source in 2013 based on his indirect links to radicals in Vilanova i la Geltrú.
• Terán confirmed that the last engagement with Es Satty occurred in December 2014 when no indicators suggested he posed a future risk.
• According to his testimony, the Ripoll cell’s meticulous secrecy meant that security agencies lacked causal information to prevent the August 2017 Barcelona and Cambrils assaults.
• The threat posed by Daesh in 2017 was so pronounced that García Terán described significant jihadist attacks as virtually unavoidable despite intelligence and law enforcement efforts.