Overview
- The order, dated December 9, authorizes the collection and forensic dumping, analysis, and study of seven mobile devices linked to officers Jordi Rodrigo, Xavier Manso, and David Goicoechea.
- The review targets calls, SMS, and messaging-app traffic from July 8 to August 9, 2024, to verify any contacts with numbers tied to Puigdemont and to assess whether coordinated action occurred.
- The court directed seven carriers—Orange, Masorange, Aire Network, Movistar, Vodafone, Digimóvil, and Más Móvil—to provide relevant communications data.
- Judge María Antonia Coscollola deemed the measures proportionate and necessary after the Barcelona Provincial Court compelled the phone analysis that she had initially set aside.
- Mossos Internal Affairs warned that messages may have been deleted or alternate phones used and cited limited telecom data retention, arguments the Fiscalía endorsed in supporting the seizures.