Provisional release without bail for the man arrested in Bilbao in connection with the Blocus movement

The judge has granted provisional release without bail to the 20-year-old arrested in Bilbao in connection with the Blocus movement, whose social media messagescalled for riots andwho will have to appear regularly incourt every time they call him during the investigation of the proceedings .

The police have identified him as the administrator of a social media account linked to the  movement, and he is charged with conspiracy to commit public disorder and property offences, as well as belonging to an organized group.

The security forces have carried out several operations in the last few hours inValencia, Bilbao, Malagaand Tenerife, and have arrested a dozen young peoplelinked to the Blocus movement, who have been arrested in connection with this Saturday, 31 October, coinciding with the celebration of Halloween, in connection with the call spread on social networks for more sabotage and looting in shops.

These young people have been accused of spreading calls for looting after they were called to protest with weapons and Molotov cocktails , all with the aim of getting "overstretched" by the police.

In this context, the security forces, as well as the autonomous and local police, have multiplied the monitoring of social networks and prepared special measures. In addition, many shops have protected their windows in the cities of Madrid, Bilbao, Valencia and Barcelona with wooden planks. The capital of Catalonia is where the most incidents are expected, as happened on Saturday.

The leader of the Blocus movement in Spain has been arrested in Picanya, Valencia, 24 hours before Halloween, a 20-year-old who has been accusedbythe Civil Guard Information Headquarters of being the "main founder and instigator" of the movement.

The investigation began following a video broadcast on social media in which ahooded person encouraged other young people to sabotage , as had previously happened in France, where they were "ignored by peaceful protests. "

"We don't have access to decent housing, we don't even have good health care, schools are getting more and more screwed up, and they laugh in our faces and then do whatever they want with our money, "said the hooded man, who also said that this movement doesn't like any political parties.

In addition to its telegram channel, TikTok broadcasts videos and posters of Blocus movements with artificial intelligence and QR code, which are sent by stakeholders to WhatsApp and Telegram and then to private channels.