The National Court acquits Trapero in the second trial of the 'procés'

Josep Lluís Trapero, at the National High Court, during the trial of the old Mossos dome.JAIME VILLANUEVA

The National Court has decided to acquit Josep Lluís Trapero,

of the Mossos d'Esquadra, and the rest of the defendants in the second trial of the

for the role that the autonomous police played during the secessionist challenge of October 2017, according to what has advanced the SER Chain.

The First Section of the Criminal Chamber has summoned all the parties involved at 9.30 in the morning of this Wednesday to notify their resolution.

After an intense internal debate, the magistrates will reveal their final decision to the parties.

The court had three possibilities on the table.

The first is to opt for the crime of sedition, in line with the Supreme Court ruling issued against the political leaders of the

and which carries significant prison sentences.

The second, opting for the second alternative proposed by the Prosecutor's Office to convict for disobedience, which means avoiding jail, since it only implies a fine and disqualification.

And the third, to declare the acquittal, as requested by the defenses.

They have opted for this last option.

This resolution of the National High Court sets apart another chapter of the

that started just three months after the condemnation of the political leaders of the independence challenge.

Still hung over from the Supreme Court ruling, the trial of the former leadership of the Mossos began on January 20 and lasted until June.

Trapero was the most recognizable face, but he was accompanied by two of his former superiors: César Puig, former Secretary General of the Interior of the Generalitat, and Pere Soler, former Director General of the Catalan Police;

as well as the mayor Teresa Laplana, responsible for the security operation in the Ministry of Economy during the registration of September 20, 2017.

For the first three, the public prosecutor requested a 10-year prison sentence for sedition, and for Laplana, 4 years.

Although, in the event that the court did not see this crime sufficiently proven, the Prosecutor's Office presented the magistrates with the alternative of being sentenced for disobedience.

All of this in an oral hearing that really focused on Trapero and turned the other three defendants into supporting actors.

The Prosecutor's Office, which did not withdraw the crime of rebellion until the end of the sessions, charged the

with great harshness: "His performance has not been deplorable, but criminal."

Also Diego Pérez de los Cobos, colonel of the Civil Guard and coordinator of the 1-O police system, placed the target on his figure: “He was constantly putting sticks in the wheels.

He was completely aligned with the organizers ”.

And, of course, the agents of the armed institute who instructed the case that has been tried in the National Court: "We believe that the

was advising the strategic committee of the procés," said one of them during his testimony as a witness.