Overview

• The congregation staged a closed‑door Santa Cena in a guarded industrial venue in Barcelona, selecting a larger space to host roughly a thousand attendees from southern Spain.
• Organizers barred journalists from entering and limited media contact to designated spokespeople, underscoring tight message control around the three‑day event.
• Leader Naasón Joaquín García remains in U.S. custody after a 2022 conviction and nearly 17‑year sentence for sexual crimes against minors following a guilty plea.
• Federal prosecutors in New York have since charged García and relatives with racketeering, sex trafficking and child exploitation, with his mother arrested and several associates sought.
• Mexican authorities recently detained 38 alleged members of a group called ‘jahzer’ at a training site with weapons and tactical gear, though a judge freed the detainees, prompting alarm over possible armed structures linked to the church.