“Fuck 7” or “Fuck seven”. That’s what the teenage killer shouted before he opened fire on 15-year-old William with a pistol at a playground in Villaverde (Madrid) on Sunday night. that’s how they heard several witnesses to the murderAs CASO ABIERTO has learned, it’s the investigation and events channel of Prensa Ibérica.
seven symbolic number used by group members trinitarians. “Fuck seven” (“Fuck seven” or “Fuck seven”) battle cries thrown by members of the rival gang, Dominican Play (DDP), When will they attack? Actually, the murdered young man, I had “notes” (as it is known in police slang) tied him to the followers of the Trinity and several people who accompanied him when he was attacked.
hooded assassin
The police try to find the killer, a hooded, black mask, black jacket and possibly underage young man. DDP’s favorite color is red sneakers. After shooting William and a friend in his defense, he fled towards the San Cristóbal subway entrance.
is he Fifth murder in Madrid This year is linked to the war between the two main Latino gangs fighting for territory in different neighborhoods of the Spanish capital. Three of these murders were committed in the Villaverde neighborhood, whose parks, basketball courts, and abandoned apartments are in conflict between the two gangs. “Their mother and they live there; they brush almost every day“, police disclose sources. William was actually killed on the doorstep of his home.
with a gun
This is the first crime directly linked to Latino gangs with firearms in Madrid, something that worries investigators. The previous ones had been with machetes and knives. Thus, another 15-year-old boy, Jaime Guerrero, alias Pepe, was killed by a DDP member on Atocha street on February 5. in retaliation for leaving the group and be part of the competitors.
To avenge this crime, several Trinidadians killed 18-year-old Alejandro Carmona alias El Pérez, whom they accused of being Pepe’s murderer in April.
13 year old gang members
Two rival groups were born in the Dominican Republic, but 90 percent of its members They already have Spanish citizenship. Many are children or even grandchildren of immigrants who came to Spain for a better life. The average age of Spanish gang members has already dropped to 13-14. Youngest member of gang arrested in Madrid in 2022 he is only 11 years old.
Since the end of the epidemic, the two groups have been searching for each other, getting to know each other and challenging each other both on the street and on social networks. They recruit minors in parks, institutes and Instagram. this DDP uses the number 3 and the color red; Trinitarians, the number 7 and the color green. So far they have used machetes and knives; pistols since Sunday.