Overview

• The newly released transcript of CHJ president Miguel Polo’s testimony states the Cecopi camera and audio were off during the definitive Es‑Alert, which was sent at 20:11, and the judge maintains an earlier alert would have reduced deaths.
• Polo said the strategic videoconference suffered three cuts that disconnected remote participants and described confusion as attendees urged that the mass message be sent.
• According to Polo, the Poyo’s flow doubled from about 800 to 1,600 m³/s in roughly 20 minutes, and an 18:43 CHJ email carried first, second and third warning thresholds that can overlap during rapid verification.
• Polo argued the most severe discharges were in the Horteta (around 2,000 m³/s) and Gallego (about 1,000 m³/s) ravines, adding that a 1,600 m³/s Poyo alone would not explain the catastrophe.
• He testified that he would have sent the Es‑Alert to several municipalities, as regional president Carlos Mazón separately cited new videos of ex‑consellera Salomé Pradas to claim CHJ never warned of the afternoon surge, a position that conflicts with Mazón’s earlier statements about alert deactivations.