Overview
- Current CNI director Esperanza Casteleiro and former director Paz Esteban appeared by videoconference before Barcelona’s Investigating Court No. 24 and denied any operation targeting Van den Eynde or Solé.
- The court continues to process their criminal complaints over alleged Pegasus infections of their phones, supported by Citizen Lab analyses submitted to the case files.
- Esteban remains under investigation in several related proceedings after her removal during the broader Pegasus controversy.
- Earlier this month, Casteleiro acknowledged court‑authorized monitoring of ANC leaders Jordi Sànchez and Elisenda Paluzie in 2019–2020, without specifying whether Pegasus was used.
- Solé’s filing argues the intrusion also breached parliamentary immunity, and the case includes requests for information to Israel and Luxembourg concerning NSO Group.