Overview

• Daniel Díaz Mora admitted in court that he fired the fatal shot that killed former gang member Valentín Moreno in November 2021.
• Prosecutor Félix Martín addressed the popular jury with a rare direct appeal and pledged to reduce charges for defendants who name the intellectual author of the contract killing.
• Co-defendant Sergio Gutiérrez Martín denies involvement in the assassination plot and says he believed the Colombians were in Spain for drug-trafficking operations.
• Investigators have arrested Daniel Díaz and sought Colombian intermediary Alexander Chaverra under an international warrant, but the mastermind behind the hit remains at large.
• The high-profile trial highlights the difficulty Spanish authorities face in unmasking unseen organizers in organized-crime contract killings.