This the behavior of some young people, especially those of Honduran nationality, caught the attention of the police City Guard related to Barcelona running at street level. They sought to place control in public spaces similar to that exercised by the feared maras, youth gangs that have become a social problem in Central America. had happened in guineueta parkin the neighborhood new barrisand patterns threatened to repeat themselves in parts of the counties. sant andreu And Horta-Guinardo. Thus began the operation that the municipal and National Police deployed in the Catalan capital this Tuesday, which ended with the arrest of fifteen members of a criminal organization late in the afternoon.
According to sources consulted by El Periódico de Catalunya of the Prensa Ibérica group, this careful observation of the municipal police officers has led to the fact that young people, some minorsNot only have they replicated the operations of Latino gangs to occupy and control parks or squares, they have also begun to commit violent robberies and even some commissioned attacks, which is a possibility can be framed in initiation ceremonies.
To belong to a gang, its leaders often put applicants through tests they must pass. They can be tests as severe as a homicide commission, an extreme that occurs in their country of origin and not in Spain. In this case, these were robbery or assault. Schools in the area found that some of their students were causing trouble, as did the agents. The City Guard made some arrests and numerous identifications. The General Information Commissioner of the National Police learned about police activities.
Secret leader in Barcelona
This National Police He knew from reports sent from the United States that a man over forty years old, a Honduran national linked to the Barrio 18 gang in Central America, had settled in Barcelona. According to sources consulted by El Periódico de Catalunya, state agents followed his movements as he aimed to reproduce a gang in the Catalan capital in the image and likeness of the Salvadorans. “What he was actually after was committing crimes at the behest of others and making a living from this activity.” the leader was extreme for this category.
The National Police contacted the City Guard and offered the municipality to launch a joint investigation and share the information that both had obtained using contrasting topics: Barcelona agents had collected evidence on the street by observing the behavior changes of some of the youth. and state officials, following information from the other side of the Atlantic, had put a magnifying glass over the leader and the adults under his command.
police operation
After months of investigation, at the behest of a Barcelona court that declared the investigation secret, both police forces launched an operation yesterday Tuesday that arrested them. fifteen members of the criminal organization he landed in Barcelona from Honduras under the leadership of the chief. Like him, most of the detainees are Honduran nationals and they are all minors as the response focuses on the most structured part of the network. Investigators attribute to them membership in a criminal organization, as well as threats and drug trafficking.
Searches were made in four houses, two in Nou Barris, one in Sant Andreu and one in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, as well as a bar in Nou Barris. The leader of the organization, which would be difficult to directly relate to the crimes committed by more young people under his command, often went to the place that became the meeting point of the police.
National Police in operation against security guards on Tuesday Center for Illegal Immigration Networks and Document Fraud (UCRIF), It examines the legal situation of detainees in Spain and examines the deportation of those in irregular situation. Forensic investigation continues.