Overview
- In the face-to-face hearing, Salomé Pradas told the judge she could not reach President Carlos Mazón at key moments and said she treated José Manuel Cuenca as an extension of the president.
- Pradas maintained that WhatsApp messages including “Salo, de confinar nada” reflected discouragement of a population‑wide confinement, and she said she perceived “sudden persuasion” against that option.
- Cuenca reiterated that the texts were “decontextualized,” insisted he issued no orders, and said his message about Mazón being “between acts” was not a bar on contacting the president.
- A recent opinion from the Abogacía de la Generalitat, notified to parties this month, indicated an eventual confinement had legal support, undercutting Cuenca’s claimed legal doubts.
- Victims’ groups rallied outside the Catarroja courthouse, heckled both participants, and a protester struck Cuenca with a banner as he left; the court will now weigh the careo and documentary evidence to determine next steps.