a judge Alicante sent prison to someone’s mold boats who came to the state during last weekend, as confirmed to this newspaper by sources close to the case. The decision was later adopted one of the immigrants on the voyage identified you as the person driving the boat. The man testified as a protected witness in the court on duty, and his statement was submitted to the prosecutor’s office to request his detention. He is the only one of the muhajirs who testify while they are traveling. up to 16 people different on the boat. The past week has been particularly hectic, with small boats arriving every day from Wednesday to Sunday, with a rescue boat. One of them capsized with 16 people on board Wednesday afternoon, including a two-month-old baby. The boat of the person currently under arrest did not crash, but it did. suffered a breakdown at dawn that left them all stranded on the high seas in the middle of the journey
The detainee was to be the captain of a boat that was stopped at approximately dawn on Saturday. Twenty miles off the coast of Xàbia. There were eleven men, a woman, a five-year-old girl and three teenagers aged between 15 and 16 on board. According to the testimony of the protected witness, the boat sailed from an Algerian town towards the peninsula on the night of 18 August. Each of the immigrants would pay a price. 5.800 Euros for the trip. At some point in the night, around 3:30 in the morning, the boat’s engine broke down and they were eventually left adrift in the open sea. was rescued and towed to the Port of Alicante. According to the information given by Red CrossAfter the health examination at the facilities, it was seen that all of them were in good health.
Forensic sources that this paper refers to, normally when they intervened in a boat incident among rescued immigrants, law of silence and no one wants to betray or reveal anything about the people responsible for organizing the trip. On this occasion, he became one of the passengers who declared and stated who the person using the boat was. The court granted him status protected witness and his testimony was recorded so that it could be used as early evidence at a future trial, without the need to appear again for oral hearing.
Patera’s alleged boss is charged with a crime. promotion of illegal immigration. While denying the facts of the accusation, he accepted his right not to testify when he was brought before the court on duty, accompanied by a lawyer. Concepcion Ferrandez Campillo.
Balance
That same morning, another fourteen people were rescued from a dangerous boat about thirty miles from the lighthouse. Santa Pola. Likewise, fifteen more people were treated on another boat on Sunday. Benidorm harbor. According to the information given by the Red Cross, a total of 19 cases have been intervened with the arrival of small boats in the province so far this year. 284 immigrants participated. Of these, 228 were men, 21 women, and a total of 35 underage children (27 boys and eight girls).
The panorama that the prosecutor’s office drew in its report on the illegal immigrant mafia operating in the Mediterranean last year describes the trips to Alicante: Five hours of travel on pleasure boats with 300 CV motors Enough to transport a consignment of immigrants from Algeria to the shores of Spain in the Mediterranean.
He’s not the first boat captain to be seen on the bench. Recently, the Alicante Court closed a two-and-a-half year prison sentence for the boss of another boat, which was stopped in Torrevieja with twelve immigrants two months ago.