A French fugitive arrested in Marbella after escaping a detention center in Portugal

The 36-year-old detainee, a French national, was sentenced to six years in prison in his country for being accused of being a member of a criminal organisation. drug trafficking and money laundering.

As reported by the French authorities in the decree, this person was arrested for being part of an extensive drug network while also carrying large sums of money allegedly coming from drug trafficking aids to different countries. bleach at the international level.

Coordination with Portugal and France

When did the investigation begin? Civil Guard He was informed through cooperation with the Paris Recherches Branch of the French Gendarmerie and the Portuguese Judicial Police. possible presence of this person in SpainThe Civil Guard said in a statement.

That’s running from justice He had already been arrested by the Portuguese authorities in September 2021. Under an international arrest warrant, he managed to escape from the detention center only while his true identity was confirmed by false documents.

Thus, it began as the Civil Guardto track down different people who are now in custodyuntil finally, and after several months of vigilant surveillance on different targets, one of them focused the agents’ attention, making constant movements between Spain and Portugal, especially to the municipality. marbella (Malaga).

This continuous monitoring A few weeks ago, agents provided information about the person’s supposed emotional partner, from whom he had fled when they observed how the two men met in the parking lot of a commercial area in Marbella.

At that time, agents identified them and Undoubtedly, physical examination the identity of the suspect who was immediately arrested.

Escaped teams

The main task of this team is focused on taking the necessary steps to identify those fleeing justice in order to comply with the law, both in Spain and abroad. penalties or other procedural measures, Special interest cases, mostly involving persons with a high criminal profile, by both Spanish and foreign judicial authorities in the case of persons located on Spanish territory.

Police cooperation, both national and international, is a fundamental pillar for this team, which provides cooperation with other countries through the exchange of information through existing homologous units in international police forces and organizations dealing with fugitives.

List

During this 2022, this The Escaped from Justice team located and detained a large number of people at the request of both national and international authorities.

So, among other arrests that have taken place, they point to the arrest of Sarah Panitzke, who was arrested in the state of Tarragona last February and accused of being directly part of a million dollar scam for VAT fraud by defrauding the UK of £1,000m. Specifically, he has been on the UK most wanted list since 2013.

Another related arrest of great interest to the police was the arrest of Fredy Castillo Carrillo, a Colombian citizen requested by the National Court as part of the extradition process requested by the Colombian authorities for murder crimes and being part of important guerrilla groups. Like ‘Los Pachencas’ or ‘Autodefensas Conquistadores de Sierra Nevada’. He was arrested in Brunete, Madrid, last January.

Concerning Spanish nationals, they highlighted those detained. Fernando Moreno SorniHe was alleged by the Valencian Provincial Court on charges of drug trafficking, membership of a criminal organization and money laundering, for which he was sentenced to 19 years in prison in absentia, as well as various cases he is still on trial for.

Finally, they noted that “while this is a small sample of the arrests made in 2022, many of them are of great importance in the claimant countries, this UCO Team has received and encouraged various recognitions from the institutions and organizations of the foreign police forces”. and to strengthen the image of the Civil Guard beyond our borders”.