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14 - 20 June 2018
Migrant smugglers jailed
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by Gregory Kirby AN Almeria court sentenced two men to four and a half years in prison on Tuesday for organising the illegal entry of migrants into Spain from Algeria using Facebook. Two women and a child were among those on the boat travelling from the coast of Algeria, the Almeria courtroom heard. They charged each migrant €600 for the trip, according to judges. And the pair - known only as MAB and MZ - were convicted of acting against foreign citizens’ rights and ‘directly’ promoting the illegal immigration of people from Arzew, Algeria to Spain. MAB lead the recruitment of collaborators on Facebook, according to the prosecutor’s initial notes. He was paid for organising the boat and the equipment necessary to make it to Spain, the notes read. The men skippered the boat ‘using a compass’ and gave passengers instructions to follow if Spanish authorities spotted them, the court heard. The 40-horsepower vessel departed at midA VICTIM is in a serious condition in hospital after a drunken driver allegedly drove 30 kilometres on the wrong side of the A-7 motorway before colliding into an oncoming vehicle. The incident - which police are still investigating - is thought to have happened near the Viator municipality at 1.22am on Sunday night. The 44-year-old suspect,
INTERCEPTED: Coastguard vessel powers back to base after rescue operation night on July 23 last year. And the Guardia Civil’s maritime surveillance service picked up the ribbed boat at 4.15pm the next day, 62 nautical miles northeast of Cabo de Gata in Almeria. The boat failed to meet the technical requirements for such a voyage as it was carry-
ing more than its six or seven-person capacity. And it also lacked minimum security items like lifejackets ‘endangering the lives of those on board,’ the court heard. Police seized €345, mobile phones and a long-range laser pointer from the men upon arrest.
‘Kamikaze’ crash known only as ADA, may have entered the motorway at the Motor City exit and proceeded to drive along it in the wrong direction. He suffered light injuries after colliding with the oncoming vehicle and was later arrested by Guardia Civil
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officers who attended the scene. Firefighters had to cut the car open to free the 30-yearold victim who was brought to Torrecardenas hospital. Investigators are still looking into the details of the incident, including the
exact entry point used to access the motorway. The man - who has been termed the ‘kamikaze’ driver by media - has been arrested for crimes against road safety including driving dangerously and under the influence of alcohol. The victim remains in a serious state in Torrecardenas hospital in Almeria’s capital.
GUARDIA CIVIL officers have arrested a 38year-old suspect living in Almeria on suspicion of stealing €21,252 from a safe at his workplace in Huercal de Almeria. His boss reported the theft on May 7, the day the Guardia Civil began the investigation. A CCTV camera cable had been cut just days before the robbery, according to the Guardia Civil’s initial investigations. The person who reported the missing money had a list of those who knew the access codes to the safe and who knew where the keys were kept. Officers began to follow several lines of investigation based on the information gathered. Officers managed to locate and arrest the suspect, known as ALRH, thanks to their detective work. The case proceedings are now being dealt with by an Almeria court.