The judicial investigation into the Bernedo camp is under way four months after the first complaint
The Senior Public Prosecutor of the Basque Country acknowledges that the police report that arrived in court in May was "left in a limbo." Examining Court No. 3 in Vitoria-Gasteiz has now ordered the opening of proceedings and, according to the data collected in the Ertzaintza report, the summons of potential victims.
Thepreliminary proceedings for the openingof a judicial investigation into the Bernedo colonies began on Monday, almost five months after the first complaint entered Vitoria Examining Court No. 3.
According to reports from families of children attending the summer camp in Bernedo, monitors showered naked with boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 15, forcing them to share showers regardless of sex.
In statements to EiTB, the Senior Public Prosecutor of the Basque Country, María del Carmen Adan, has stated that the Public Prosecutor's Office has learned through the media of what happened in these colonies and that the police report that arrived in court in May "remained in a limbo" and "did not initiate the mandatory pre-trial proceedings". "We have asked the Court to immediately open the order".
Subsequently, it has become known that these preliminary proceedings have been initiated on Monday, 29 September, and the judgeof Examining Court No. 3 in Vitoria-Gasteiz has ordered the summons of victims, based on the data collected in the report of the Ertzaintza, which would include the complaint made by the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa in the case of a minor under guardianship in previous years.
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