Overview
- El Mundo published excerpts on September 29 from José Castro’s memoir recounting the 2013–2014 disputes during the Nóos probe.
- Castro claims Infanta Cristina and King Juan Carlos were the architects of the wrongdoing and says Iñaki Urdangarin was left as the scapegoat.
- He describes Horrach urging delays and then appealing Castro’s decision to summon the Infanta as an investigada before the Audiencia Provincial.
- Castro says Horrach traveled to Madrid to meet Anticorruption chief Antonio Salinas and infers top-down instructions to block an imputation of a royal.
- He recounts that Horrach later proposed a deal in which the Infanta would appear voluntarily and prosecutors would seek a dismissal, a plan Castro rejected as improper.