- Jul 9
WhatsApp messages show Valencia officials' responses during deadly 2024 Dana: 'There will be many dead'
Court documents show then-president Carlos Mazón told Valencia's mayor there would be 'many dead, dozens for sure' hours after the alert, while a councilor joked about the emergency SMS.
- Jul 8
Valencia mayor testifies she had no political contact during DANA emergency and was never told about the mass alert
María José Catalá told a judge she first spoke to former regional president Carlos Mazón at 23:13 via WhatsApp, hours after flooding began, and that nobody informed her the ES-Alert was being prepared.
- Jun 20
Feijóo avoids backing Pérez Llorca as Valencia’s PP candidate while demanding early elections
The PP national leader addresses 1,300 supporters in Sueca but declines to confirm Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca as the party’s candidate for the Valencian regional government, drawing sharp criticism from the opposition.
- Jun 15
Valencia mayor Catalá confirms Generalitat gave no flood warning, blames predecessor's flood plan in Congress testimony
María José Catalá told the Congressional dana commission that the Valencian regional government failed to notify municipalities of the impending flood, and that the city's flood action plan (drafted under a previous administration) did not anticipate flooding in the affected neighbourhoods.
- Jun 11
WhatsApp messages show Valencian president Mazón disengaged from flood crisis after 8:53 am, while 230 died
A WhatsApp group of the Valencian government shows Carlos Mazón gave instructions at 8:17 am to 'flood the media with data' and never engaged again after 8:53 am, while the October 2024 floods killed 230 people.
- May 30
Valencia flood victims march again demanding former president Mazón's resignation and an end to his parliamentary immunity
Nineteen months after catastrophic floods killed 230 people, victims' associations marched through Valencia on Saturday demanding former regional president Carlos Mazón give up his parliamentary seat and face justice.
