The device to arrest Carles Puigdemont in Barcelona on August 8, before the investiture plenary session of the Socialist candidate Salvador Illa contained “technical and formal errors.” This is how the Mossos d’Esquadra concluded the report they submitted to the Supreme Court of Justice two days ago Pablo Larena on not arresting Puigdemont At the end of his stint at the Arc de Triomf in Barcelona.
Police sources have told this medium the content of the report presented by El Confidencial, in which they told the judge how the former president of the Generalitat “generated the situation”. Police confusion” and “uncertainty” facilitated his escape by “diverting the attention of the police”. In addition, he says there was a “Planned deception” By Puigdemont and his entourage and remember that three Mossos agents were arrested for helping the former president escape.
The letter, signed by chief commissioner Eduard Salant, acknowledged that Puigdemont’s arrival and then fleeing was not a “probability” that the Mossos took into account and that is why the whole apparatus was designed to prevent the former president from going to parliament. Agents are therefore being monitoredThe Information Commissioner’s Office, with the aerial support of civilian drones, followed the former President from the time of his speech at the event till his departure.Despite the fact that the attention of the authorities was focused at the time Puigdemont had a car ready to flee.
For this reason, the report submitted to the Supreme Court indicates that the police did not have time to react before the escape, since a “distraction maneuver” was organized by “close associates” of the former Catalan president. The Mossos emphasize that the events occurred very quickly, in a place full of people and with a prepared plan, because Puigdemont put on a hat and took off his jacket before getting into the carEntered an area of tents and fences that made visibility difficult and event organisers urged the former president to accompany a delegation of officials to Parliament.
In short, another point of the report is the lack of cooperation from the Parliament, which made the agents agree to inspect the offices of the Catalan Chamber. From the ParliamentThis authorisation was put on hold citing a written request from the Chief Commissioner to the President from the Catalan Camera Josep Rull, until it was rejected due to not having enough staff with the Mossos in charge of the inspection.
Police sources have stressed to the medium that the report complies with Llarena’s requests, such as the identification of all the police commanders who intervened in the device to guarantee security in Parliament for the acclamation, in addition to the possible arrest of Puigdemont. The Mossos did not expect the former president to flee in the back seat of a white car.