Overview
- Magistrate María Antonia Coscollola transformed the probe into a procedimiento abreviado and formally processed Xavier Manso, Jordi Rodrigo and David Goicoechea in an order dated July 23, 2026 that gives accusers ten days to request an oral trial or seek dismissal.
- The Audiencia Provincial of Barcelona had ordered the case reopened and ruled out the specific crime of encubrimiento while finding signs that the officers failed in their duty to pursue crimes.
- Judicial files rely on Mossos Internal Affairs reports and video evidence that describe coordinated acts to escort, hide and protect Carles Puigdemont, including holding his arm to push through a crowd described as 'encapsulamiento'.
- The record says the three officers escorted Puigdemont from Calle Trafalgar to the Arc de Triomf, and that one used a vehicle registered in his name to leave the scene, details the court says could show prior coordination.
- If prosecutors or the popular accusers press for trial the case will move quickly to an oral hearing and could deepen political fallout because it centres on Puigdemont and involves high‑profile accusers such as Hazte Oír and Vox.