The Central Court of Instruction number 6 of the National Court did not consult with the Prosecutor’s Office about the opening of proceedings to determine if the sabotage attempt prepared at the passage of the Vuelta Cyclist to Spain through Catalonia had a relationship with the Committees for the Defense of the Republic (CDR). Judge Joaquin Gadea He did so upon receiving a police report to that effect, while he was on guard duty. Now the public ministry is revolting and has reported against this opening, understanding that it is incompatible with the procedure opened in the single court of Solsona (Solsonès -Lleida-) for the same facts.
In the opinion of the public ministry, in the event that it were determined that what happened in Catalonia at the passing of the Cycling Tour constitutes a crime of terrorism – included among those that fall under the jurisdiction of the National Court – the Catalan court should be requested to takes the proceedings that are inhibited in favor of the Central Court of Instruction number 6, but there cannot be two cases opened in different courts for the same facts.
That is to say, his request for archiving does not occur after an assessment of what happened and determining whether or not throwing 400 kilos of fuel from a bridge in front of the platoon is a crime of terrorism or has been committed by alleged members of an organization. terrorist, which is one of the crimes attributed to the alleged members of a CDR cell who are being investigated in the same court of the National Court.
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The opening of proceedings by the reinforcing magistrate of Central Court number 6 was intended to determine if there was a connection with the CDR as a result of a report from the National Police received in his court during the guard independently of the other procedure. To adopt a final decision in this regard, the magistrate requested reports from the police and the Civil Guard on the relationship of those detained for the attack against the cyclists with the Defense Committees of the Republic.
On August 28, those arrested for the attempted sabotage of the Vuelta were released after appearing before the sole judge of First Instance and Instruction of Solsona with the condition of not getting closer than 500 meters to the cycling stages. They are accused of crimes against road safety, against the environment, membership in a criminal group and public disorder.
Two of them, as members of the CDR – which in itself would not be a crime – had appeared in Civil Guard reports presented in the case in which the 12 alleged members of the CDR were prosecuted. Tactical Response Team (ERT), made up of individuals from different CDR that “evidence great radicalism” and who would have been entrusted with more delicate actions due to his greater predisposition and dedication “to the cause”: achieving the independence of Catalonia, using violence to force the institutions to grant, through deeds, their separation from the rest of Spain.
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Is about Josep Oriol Macià, 54-year-old lawyer, and David Farres. Both appeared in a Signal instant messaging group called ‘The Ninja Turtles’ with several of the defendants for the alleged manufacture of explosive substances, as reported by the newspaper ‘ABC’. At the time, the former was considered a “contact person in the Alt Ter region” and “with entities within the Catalan Executive.” Through the group, actions between the different committees would be coordinated. In addition, a screenshot of a message from Macià was found on the phone of one of those arrested in Operation Judas, carried out in 2019 against the CDR.
However, despite the two accused of sabotaging the Vuelta appearing as “people linked to the investigation” carried out then against the CDR, neither of the two were ever formally investigated in the Central Court of Instruction number 6.