Overview
- The court dismissed an appeal to elevate the case to the regional high court to investigate President Carlos Mazón for not requesting a national emergency during the 2024 floods.
- In a separate order, judges refused new evidence requests about the Júcar River Basin Authority’s SAIH system and Coordcom logs sought by Salomé Pradas’s defense and by a victim’s family, citing redundancy and lack of utility.
- The panel upheld prior refusals to charge the Government’s delegate in Valencia, Pilar Bernabé, and it declined to summon senior state officials proposed as witnesses.
- Since May, the Second Section has resolved 26 appeals in the case, affirming the investigating judge’s decisions in 23 and adjusting three in limited ways, including admitting Hazte Oír as a popular accusation.
- All decisions were unanimous among six magistrates as the centralized investigation at Court No. 3 in Catarroja continues into the 229 deaths from the late October 2024 storm.