They collected about one thousand euros from Moroccan minors under guardianship in the reception centers in the Canary Islands and transferred them to Turkish airports by plane with their third-party passports. Alicante, Malaga, Valencia and Barcelona. That’s how a network of illegal immigrants primarily smuggling unaccompanied foreign minors — “menas” — and deployed this week by the National Police worked. Crevillent, Callosa de Segura and Lorca, where the leaders reside. The trips of the “mena” who fled reception centers and were always accompanied on the plane by the network’s “passers” were paid for by their families, either from Morocco or by other means.
The organization, which is being investigated by the Police Against Illegal Immigration Networks (UCRIF), is under police surveillance. Order Court No. 4 of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife), The group consists of at least thirteen people of Moroccan descent, seven of whom were arrested in Crevillent and Callosa de Segura last Monday. Two arrests were made in Lorca, in the Region of Murcia, and the National Police requested the court order to arrest the four other members of the criminal group on false documents, although they may be in other countries or are still in Spain. .
Investigating the case from seven detainees in Crevillent and Callosa, the Tenerife court agreed to imprison the two ringleaders of the network arrested in the state of Alicante. One of them was a Crevillent resident and was considered by the Police to be the principal investigator of the baptized. “Operation Akron”defended by lawyer Fernando Rocamorafrom the law firm Francisco Miguel Galiana Bottle.
Five other people arrested in Alicante province, two with the help of a lawyer José SolerMartinThey were released on charges.
Alongside the two leaders living in Crevillent and Callosa, the Police appointed the third person in charge of the group in Lorca. In addition to acting as leaders of the group, investigators accuse these people of playing the role of leader of the group. ore catchersThey personally accompanied them on the flights and then took them to their final destinations by car.
Seven other people involved in the incident turn out to be the ones who gave the ringleaders their passports to use with them in the police investigations. Minors brought to the peninsula from Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote. The other three examined were responsible for booking and paying for flights.
Segregated organization Has been operating since 2021 and the police investigation was launched in January this year after the incident. alarm sound by a non-governmental organization It is dedicated to the protection of minors in the Canary Islands. This non-profit association has informed the Police that there are people in a center in Puerto de la Cruz that offer foreign children under guardianship the opportunity to leave the island and travel to the peninsula with documents from their country. All this for money.
They were admitted to the hospital a month later. center of Valencia Two little boys fleeing the Canary Islands, the center that set off the alarm. Based on his testimony, the National Police has been collecting evidence in recent months to identify all members of the network and continue their arrests.
Minors in Valencia reported to Police: Traveled from Tenerife to Valencia on a plane with documents from other people and their families paying for the tickets. A third minor from Lanzarote also admitted that he was able to fly thanks to dedicated people.
Subsequent investigations made it possible for several months to detect new escapes of minors from centers in the Canary Islands; some of these were stopped at airports while trying to fly on third party passports provided by the organization, which have now been disbanded.
The police investigation includes an incident that occurred at the airport on April 23, 2022. Fuerteventura, where the main leader will catch a flight to Valencia with three “menas”. The suspect was identified by an off-duty police officer who informed his colleagues in Valencia. However, when the leader of the network queued to board the plane, he was unable to board the plane because he suspected an act by an airline stewardess, and warned the three little ones to leave, As police can later observe from footage of airport security cameras.
Police investigators examining the network’s contracted flights confirmed that the passports used by the different minors on the flights had the same links, so it was assumed that the leaders used the same documents as the “menas” introduced to the peninsula. . Police operations were carried out by agents. UCRIF from Tenerife, Alicante, Elche, Murcia and central brigade in Madrid. In addition, we had cooperation. crevillent Local Police, the place where the researched principal lives.
The UCRIF investigation continues as evidence of other crimes committed by the organization is identified.