The government delegate in the Valencian Community offered the UME to the Generalitat at 12:23 p.m. on the day of the DANA

The Spanish government delegate in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, stated that she had already offered the intervention of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) to the then Minister of Justice and the Interior, Salomé Pradas, at 12:23 p.m. on October 29th, so that the towns of Utiel and Requena could be closed at that time.

She stated this on Monday before the judge investigating the DANA case, according to sources present at her statement. Bernabé added that at 2:33 p.m.



she called Pradas again and asked her to "please" request the intervention of the UME for Utiel and Requena, a request that was made at 2:53 p.m. in another phone call and at 3:41 p.

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