New images of Pedro Sánchez’s flight to Paiporta to escape the wrath of neighbors have emerged. In it we see for the first time how the president gets into the car to leave the Valencian city, one of the most affected by DANA, moving away from the citizens, and after leaving the King Felipe VI and the regional president, Carlos Mazón. It was last Saturday, November 3, that Sánchez appeared in Paiporta, five days after the storms that caused great damage in the Valencia metropolitan area and left no less than 214 dead. Residents, upset by the government’s response to the disaster, more concerned about the conflict of jurisdiction with the regional executive than about providing the personnel needed for reconstruction work, exploded against the president.
Images of citizen indignation against Pedro Sánchez, to the point that he decided to flee – while the king remained in front of his neighbors – have gone around the world in recent days. But what we hadn’t seen until now was the exact moment when Sánchez got into the car to leave Paiporta. Surrounded by his bodyguards and the head of protocol of Moncloa, Jorge Mijangos Blanco, Sánchez managed to reach the vehicle to leave the Valencian city. The images show how Sánchez enters the armored car, a black SsangYong Rexton – a brand now called KGM -, a car particularly suitable for traveling on complicated terrains, which is why the usual official Audi A8 was not used for this visit.
Sánchez entered one of the two vehicles that were hit by neighbors while heading towards Paiporta, specifically the one with the license plate 1754 MLT. There were two black SUVs in the presidential motorcade that were beaten by neighbors. The sister car, registered 1752 MLT, was the one that received the most hits, while the Rexton in which Sánchez was leaving Paiporta suffered damage to the rear window.
After leaving Paiporta, Sánchez victimized himself, attributing the incidents to “perfectly organized ultra groups who were trying to do as much damage as possible to the authorities present there.” The Civil Guard then identified the people who had tried to lynch him, concluding that they had no connection with the “extreme right”, thus denying the presidential version. Following the attacks on Pedro Sánchez’s car, three people were arrested by the Civil Guard, two of whom were later released.
