Salomé Pradas Ten

lawyer, Spain

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 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.