It was past midnight on Saturday when firefighters crossed Bretó (Zamora) again. A new fire broke out in an irrigated area by the river.
it was the proof i need Civil Guard To stop SR., about 50 years old, resident of Bretó and author of arson for two weeks until 18. Constant monitoring helped.
Agents of the Civil Guard Seprona they arrested him the area of the fire, possibly after what will cause its final fire.
since the 13th, Civil Guard deployed patrols and camouflaged vehicles To follow S. day and night. In Bretó, suspicions about this neighbor’s involvement with the fires were an open secret kept quiet.
They saw him go in and out of town. driving at night with the lights off.
The Breto cemetery is located on a hill where most of the term can be seen. Camouflaged vehicles from this point and other hills of the city They followed the arrival and departure of S. For 15 days, this work continued without interruption, including the location control of the mobile phone, according to some sources.
The Civil Guard, as the investigation continues, confirmed whenever a new fire broke out, S. was in the vicinity.
even on holidays
For a while the neighbors moved from one fear to the next. period and fires in the neighboring Santoveni mountainsa or in a part of Tábara or Tierra de Campos. They were all checked in on time and weren’t great, but luck was also called in that sense, according to local sources, “with strong winds and firefighters not acting on time.”
So the fire was declared next to the mini hydroelectric power station, on a municipal plot with combustible materials. In a bunker, in the mountains where firewood was stacked for neighbors, wood burned like torches.
If the weather conditions were unfavorable, this fire could have spread to the mountain, but according to the same sources, there was a chance. Even in full verbenaThe night fire came to activate the neighbors in the local celebrations.
SR live a good part of the time and many years in Bretó with her mother, she is old and in a fragile state. According to other sources, other parts of the year are spent in the Tolosa region of the Basque Country.
Although it was days before his arrest, his relations with the villagers were not bad. quarreled with a young man, a married couple, and another neighbor over feeding stray cats. The argument ended in some sort of scuffle with one of the neighbors, and he went to the Civil Guard to report an alleged attack.
Yesterday, the Benavente Guards Court, with the approval of the Prosecutor’s Office, temporary detention without bail. He is charged with a sustained bushfire charge for 18 fires in the Tábara, Benavente and Tierra de Campos regions that affected seven hectares of bushes, undergrowth and trees.
Representatives made inquiries andconducted a study on the psychosocial profile The probable author of the cases directing a line of inquiry with a possible suspect. During the 15-day monitoring period, another environmental agent collaborated with them.
SR now faces a prison sentence of one to five years and a fine of twelve to eighteen months, as determined by the Criminal Code. Citizen cooperation was decisive for his arrest.
Twenty years ago he “barricaded himself” with a shotgun at his home
He was not unknown to the SR Civil Guard when the information gathered and follow-up began to reveal his possible status as an arsonist. a little over twenty years ago He had organized an event that took control of the town. Until the early hours of the morning. Later, a report that a relative had barricaded himself into the house with a hunting rifle mobilized numerous agents, as well as many residents who had settled in front of the house. Attempts by the Civil Guard to get him out were unsuccessful, but S. decided to go out at three in the morning. According to some eyewitnesses, he left with a rifle. causing escape area through many neighborsYeah, He got into his vehicle and had to chase him until the Civil Guards managed to stop him.. This episode may have been caused by an emotional crisis. “I don’t know if this has affected him emotionally to this day,” another neighbor explains.