National Police agents acted Arrest of two persons, a 62-year-old man and a 31-year-old womanfor an alleged commission offense against your rights workers and against foreign citizens. Both detainees in charge of two cattle farms animals For human consumption in Fuente Álamo and La Murta (Murcia).
Investigations into this type of crime by specialist agents of the National Police led to inspections of the locations of these farms in conjunction with Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Environment and Emergency Health Services personnel. and the staff of the Labor and Social Security Inspectorate of the Region of Murcia.
These audits resulted in the validation of the document. dangerous, unsanitary and hygienic conditions with animalsdetecting that some are already dead with others living.
in total 10 workers It was found that all of them were in an irregular situation or had applied for International Protection, had no financial resources from a foreign country, had no relatives or friends in Spain, and were economically dependent on them in their country of origin. and take responsibility for the inhumane conditions to which they are subjected.
According to the collected statements, working days used to be 12 hours, in some cases up to 24. they worked 7 days a weekfull availability and without entitlement to leave as it causes a salary cut even if due to illness. The place that allowed to spend the night and build a life was an old pig farm with no minimum habitable conditions. Apparently, in their daily lives they were repeatedly humiliated and threatened with deportation if they did not comply with their demands.
The detainees were placed at the disposal of the Mission Court, which ordered their release pending an oral hearing.