The owner of El Ventorro said he didn't hear Mazon's calls and left between 6:30 and 7:00
The host has had to testify before the judge of Catarroja (Valencia) investigating the management of the GOIDIA by the Valencian Government. He has said that he did not hear Mazon speak on the phone and that he did not think the president was concerned.
When the owner of the restaurant comes in to testify.
The acting president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, on 29 October 2024, the owner of the restaurant El Ventorro, who ate a0 with journalist Maribel Vilaplana, has stated before the judge of Catarroja that he did not hear the phone calls from Mazón and that the president left the premises between 18:30 and 19:00.
The host testifiedas a witness to the judge investigating the management of the isolated depression in the upper layers (GOIDI) that left 229 dead this Friday. Mazon, owner of the restaurant, and the only person who came in and out of the room where the journalist was having lunch, according to a letter from the judge, so Mazon wanted to ask him about his phone calls with former Interior and Emergency Counselor Salome Pradas.
The witness explained that on 29 October, Mazon and Vilaplana had lunch at the restaurant in a reservation on the first floor, and that they had arrived separately, without Mazon's escort.
According to the testimony, remained inthe room until approximately 18:30 or 19:00. "He did not leave after 19:00" and "early at 18:25," added the host.
No TV, no radio.
The witness said he went up to that room several times at lunchtime, and he doesn'tremember talking onthe phone at Mazon. When asked about the fact that Pradas tried to call Mazon at 16:29, he replied that the Movistar company has no problems in its premises, but that others, like Orange or Vodafone, could give some problems.
He has also explained that the restaurant has noTV or radio and that he did not hear the news that day, and that he"never "saw the president concerned.
In addition, according to the witness, a person from the Generalitat went up to the room because "Mazon had to sign some papers." "He came in, gave the papers and came back five minutes to pick them up," he said.
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