ghost of Angles

The central Homicide Squad group of the National Police, led by Chief Inspector Ricardo Sánchez (head of security at Atlético de Madrid since 2005), who at that time was one of the most famous investigators in this country, He’s been in charge of tracking down Antonio Angles since he broke the fence and fled Spain.. At that time, only the National Police conducted international investigations.

The ghosts of Alcàsser’s multiple murderers with the audacity to call himself a plumber on his ID card continue to cast the shadow of his bird of prey in the memory of the three girls. He lost his track in Spanish geography after an intense search in the icy waters of Ireland. However, Anglés’ long shadow continues to darken the case; It’s the excuse that keeps conspiracy theories alive.

Sources from the Central Homicide Group confirmed Levante-EMV of the Iberian Press group, Ten years after the crime, he said it was still “presumed to be seen, but much less frequently”. At the time, a woman who said she had picked up a homeless man in a London boarding house and took him to her home “to invite him for tea” thought she knew the dreaded “Spanish matador” in her guest.

Neither the description nor the subject’s profile at least resembled Antonio Anglés. More. Central Brigade Homicide agents were unable to question the witness because he only answered one call. The case continued to gain importance beyond our borders.

Before the one in London, it was another in the Nicaraguan jungle, which did not lead to any ports. Like these, many. Of course, over time it got further and further away. Until today.

But, is he alive or dead? It is like dealing with the existence of God; a matter of belief and “hunch”. For some he died jumping out of ‘Plymouth City’; others, on the contrary, argue that he lives somewhere on the planet. But no one has any proof.

The last true clue to his passage through these lands—no one in their right mind should doubt that at this point—was ‘six long days in Plymouth City—later renamed five times and ended its days, several years. The British cargo ship Sarah Hanem, which sailed from the port of Lisbon on 18 March 1993 and anchored in Dublin at 22:50 on 24 March.

At the time, Catarroja’s Houdini managed to get out of the locked cabin not once, but twice since he noticed a sailor stealing food from the kitchen. The first was to jump into the sea after lowering the Gemini lifeboat. when the ship sails at 14 knots and the waves reach a height of several meters and the latter is about to disappear forever. When the ship docked in Dublin, all that remained of the stowaway was the ‘City of Plymouth’ lifeline floating in the cold waters off Ireland.

Questions about her disappearance

Why were security measures not taken more carefully to prevent successive escapes? Probably the answer is that simple, for them it was just another stowaway. Moreover, it had fresh money that was always tempting… At least a good portion of a million pesos [6.000 euros] his mother, Neusa Martins, assures him that she stole from him to escape.

A second question. The third person in charge of the ship and a sailor reported to the British police – the Irish did not bother to question them in Dublin, but he was suspected of being Anglo; Of course, he wasn’t a local killer – in the middle of the journey a reporter from Portuguese radio called and asked about him. If so, what prevented the Lisbon police from doing the same to warn the captain? Laziness.

The same thing that led them to invent that there was no international arrest warrant when asked for explanation as to why they were not arrested while on the other bank in the fishing quarter of Tafaria, a small city center across from Lisbon. Tagus’s photo. The same drug addict who sheltered him and sold his personal documents reported to the police when he learned who his guest was on a TV show.They argued that there were no international arrest warrants as they could not claim ignorance.

Fake. The Alzira judge signed this order on March 12, and Interpol processed it on March 14. Anglés was with Carlos Joaquim González Carvalho, a drug addict who assisted him and displayed his documents to his crew as if he were his own. City, at least between 11 and 18 March. In fact, when he camouflaged himself on the ship, he was encouraged by a week of media and police turmoil that escalated due to his presence in Lisbon.

But before? Two mistakes of the Civil Guard These were the triple killer’s first two moves toward freedom—one out of extreme caution, the other out of some commanders’ heroic desire. And not counting the invaluable and unexpected help that the farmer from Vilamarxant gave him, the invaluable and unexpected help of the one who hid what had happened for two days when Anglés had already arrived, forcing him out of town to take him to Minglanilla (Cuenca). He’s on his way to Lisbon and therefore couldn’t do any harm, an attitude that brought him to the brink of legal prosecution to cover up.

In any case, the only certainty is that unless Anglés comes dead or alive, the curse will continue to poison us all.

Note to the reader:

This information has been prepared by Levante-EMV of the Prensa Ibérica group on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the disappearance of Miriam, Toñi and Desirée from Alcàsser in 2019.