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Barcelona Judge Extends Probe Into Alleged Police Help for Puigdemont by Six Months

The extension aims to finish phone forensics to clarify any contacts with Carles Puigdemont, after an internal Mossos report was added to the file.

Overview

  • Investigating magistrate María Antonia Coscollola extended the case until August 2026 at the request of the prosecutor and the popular accusers Vox and Hazte Oír, over the agents’ objections.
  • The order cites pending diligences, chiefly the extraction and analysis of the three Mossos agents’ phones to map calls, texts and messaging app activity around August 8, 2024.
  • The court seeks to determine whether the agents communicated with numbers linked to Puigdemont, with data requests issued to multiple telecom providers for the defined time window.
  • A communication from the Mossos’ Internal Investigation Division has been incorporated into the case, and a police report on contact tracing between the agents and Puigdemont has been circulated to the parties.
  • The judge notes the facts could constitute a crime against the Public Administration and says earlier steps were delayed by the scope of the orders and the court’s schedule.