National Police agents arrested 31 interested young people With organized violent youth groups, 18 of which are linked to the Dominican Playing (DDP) and the rest to the Trinitarios, currently the two most active violent youth gangs in the region, the Supreme Headquarters of the Madrid Police said in a press release. In a press release of .
The arrests are the result of eleven operations carried out since last July. They were all involved in fights that took place in different parts of the city of Madrid, where the police had to assist the majority of the victims. injuries suffered.
Among the total number of detainees; 18 were relativeseither as proven members in the working phase or through another connection, the most violent being the DDP gang and the rest with the Trinitarios. They also confiscated a few machetesother edged weapons and some weapon.
With machetes on the bus
Among the clarified events is a fight that broke out as a result of a 22-year-old young man being approached at around 03:00 in the morning on October 12. Four people got off the bus armed with a machete.
In addition to attacking and provoking him Serious injuries to various parts of the bodyThey also stole the waist bag he was carrying along with all his personal belongings.
A few days after launching the relevant investigation, the police managed to arrest four alleged perpetrators of these events, two of whom belonged to the DDP gang. minors.
Aggression in Bicimad
Another of the fights resolved by agents occurred around midnight on July 31, when an 18-year-old Colombian boy was attacked by three teenagers who arrived at the Cuatro Caminos intersection on Bicimad bicycles and parked them on the street. Santa Engracia street.
After addressing the victim, instruct him to make typical gestures. organized violent youth group, They stabbed him several times in the back and collarbone area, neither penetrating.
The child, who was conscious and conscious, was transported to the hospital after first aid at the scene by Samur-Civil Protection paramedics. San Carlos Clinical Hospital, He was hospitalized with a serious illness, although it was not life-threatening.
Later the agents succeeded identification and arrest Two of the three alleged perpetrators were minors and were affiliated with Dominik Don’t Play.
Latest arrests
The last police operation was carried out on 13 December, when National Police agents arrested four young people for their involvement in two attacks that took place on those days. 27 and 28 November.
The first of these took place on Topete Street around eleven o’clock at night, when they attacked a young man with a knife and provoked him. knee and head injuriesThey are forced to take shelter in a nearby bar until medical services arrive. Subsequent investigations confirmed that the two alleged perpetrators had links to DDP.
The following day, November 28, shortly before 9 p.m. and in response to this meeting, Fuencarral Street and Corredera Alta de San Pablo They attacked a 16-year-old boy from whom they stole a scooter and injured him with knives, including a machete, causing an injury to his forearm when he tried to repel the attack.
Municipality and Police teams and Samur-Civil Protection teams arrived at the scene and treated the victim, who was injured with a knife in his right arm, and took him to the hospital. clinical hospital in a mild case.
Agents were able to confirm how the two men allegedly responsible for these events were arrested. related to rival gang. The crimes they are all charged with include membership in a criminal organisation, attempted murder, assault and violent robbery.
Cases awaiting resolution
The other seven operations, although not reported in the media, have been carried out in different neighborhoods of the capital since July. Some operations, like those this December, are on hold. 2nd day on the street at night Jerónima Llorente, In the Tetuán region, a group of young people stabbed another man twice with a machete. The victim, whose wounds have now healed, believes he was mistaken for a gang member from a rival gang.
On the 14th of the month, two young people not seriously injured Two attacks were recorded yesterday, Thursday, due to alleged clashes between members of violent youth gangs at Empalme and Plaza de Castilla stations.
On the other hand, a group of alleged gang members stabbed a 23-year-old Ecuadorian young man three times while walking near the city of Madrid on Saturday. Méndez Álvaro station, Although the injuries were not serious.
And at 3 a.m. on November 30, another act of violence was recorded, also allegedly carried out by gang members. A 20-year-old boy was hit several times by pellets pellet gun He was returning to his home near Plaza del Doctor Lozano in the Vallecano neighborhood of Numancia, police sources told Europa Press.