Overview
- A Catarroja judge formally called Pilar Montes, a senior aide in the president’s office, to testify after reviewing phone records from the afternoon of October 29, 2024.
- Call logs cited by the court show unanswered calls from Salomé Pradas to Carlos Mazón at 19:10 and 19:36, a Mazón–José Manuel Cuenca call at 19:41, a Mazón–Montes call at 19:42, and Mazón phoning Pradas at 19:43.
- Mazón told a congressional inquiry he resigned to assume political responsibility and blamed a lack of information, but he did not clarify a 37‑minute gap in his timeline between 18:57 and 19:34.
- Technical records from CHJ, Aemet and Cecopi contradict parts of Mazón’s narrative on risk awareness and alerts, and reports place the Es‑Alert’s dispatch at about 20:11.
- Relatives of the 229 victims rallied outside Congress during Mazón’s appearance, accusing authorities of incompetence and demanding accountability.