Defense of 30 people accused of belonging to a family clan drug trafficking inside badajoz They demanded that the wiretaps and house calls be cancelled.Considering that they are fundamental rights have been violated and left defenseless.. They did this yesterday during the processing of previous questions. first session of macro experiment He continues against them in State Court. Now It is the chamber that must decide whether these tests are valid or not, on which the case against the investigated is based.Arrested in December 2018 by the National Police in an operation in the Badajoz neighborhood of Cerro de Reyes.
The prosecutor’s office, which is on trial for drug trafficking and being a member of a criminal organization, as well as money laundering and possession of illegal weapons, demands a prison sentence of 6 to 24 years and a fine. millionaires. on his behalf Defendants who deny the charges seek acquittalif the alleged cancellations are not dealt with.
The defendants’ lawyers allege that the order authorizing the initial telephone call of one of those involved was “null and void”, as he was responding to a letter from the National Police. based on “just suspicion”, not on evidence or “extensive” investigation. The following is derived from this first order to continue listening and expand, for this they all understand that they must be cancelled.
when it comes entries and recordsIn the 15 households’ prosecution cases, the defenses argue that they should be declared void. this is derived from “99%” of phone calls.Because “They are not motivated enough and, in some cases, because they were carried out in homes that were not proven to be the property of those investigated and were carried out without them, even though they were already in custody, although they were in those homes as required by law.
“The procedure is flawed and there was a vulnerability issue from the beginning”José Duarte, a lawyer for 21 of the 30 defendants, including those whom the National Police and prosecution see as the “leaders” of the clan, said. He pointed out that there was a situation in this regard. Constitutional Court decisionit rules that the initial statement taken in court and the pre-trial detention order are “invalid” because they were not informed “to a minimum” of the events of which they were charged. exercise their right of defence. If the Chamber ignores and rejects the previous questions raised at yesterday’s hearing, they will appeal again.
The rest of the defendants are represented by lawyers Alfredo Pereira, Raúl Montaño and Rosa Dorado.
on his behalf, he financial He argued that the police reports on which the records of the interventions and entrances and house searches were based. based on “objective” factssuch as drug seizures on consumers at clan-operated so-called drug outlets, and movements related to the smuggling of narcotic substances produced in their environment. “Since all the legal requirements that exist in the case law are given, there is no reason to invalidate the transaction”reassured the public ministry, which denied that the defendants’ rights of defense had been violated. He pointed to this: wiretaps were allowed because there was “sufficient indication and they were adjusted and proportionate” and the recordings were “legitimate”because in the absence of detainees, it was because they did not recognize the property being inspected as their own.
The court may decide this Tuesday whether to consider the annulments submitted by the defenses, or leave its decision to punishment.
A full room, default and more police presence
More rows had to be placed in the room of the Badajoz Provincial Court this Monday to accommodate the defendants in the macro case for drug trafficking. There are 30 defendants but 29 sat on the bench. According to his lawyer, one of them did not come due to illness., a situation reported to the lawyer at the last moment. The magistrate-chairman requested a medical report justifying his absence, and at the moment when he considers that if he is unable to attend because he is in recovery, it would be possible to suspend that defendant, but not for the rest, due to the complexity of the organization, or that the hearing has begun and it is necessary to have a lawyer for the person under investigation. that it came.
Also due to the large number of prosecutions The presence of the National Police and Civil Guard both outside the courts, where several agents and a police van stay during the morning, and in the entrances, lobby, and courtroom State Court. No events occurred. All the defendants waited at the door of the building to be summoned to the hearing, which was postponed for approximately one and a half hours since one of the defendants had to be transferred from the prison where he was serving his sentence. which are currently on trial and took longer than expected to reach the courts.