The leader of the neo-Nazi group Deport Them Now has been arrested for calling for a "hunt" against the Maghreb in Torre Pacheco
The Civil Guard has searched the detainee's home in Mataró (Barcelona) and seized two computers, while the Telegram account used by the UAE supremacist group Deport Them Now has been closed.
Civil riot guards in Torre Pacheco, Murcia. Photo: EFE
The Civil Guard has arrested in Mataró (Barcelona) one of the alleged leaders of the supremacist, racist and xenophobic movement who last week called for a "hunt" against the Maghreb on social media in the Murciana town ofTorre Pacheco .
According to sources from the Ministry of the Interior, C.L.F. was arrested on Monday afternoon, who was to exercise managerial functions in the said group and is charged with a hate crime.
The Civil Guard today searched the detainee's homein Mataró (Barcelona) and seized two computers.
In addition, the Telegram account used by the Deport Them Now group has been closed, where the note "inciting" violence against the Maghreb community was released.
There are already 14 arrests for racist incidents in Torre Pacheco. State security forces have deployed more than 100 officers in the Murcian town.
Since last weekend, more than 120 people have been identified, many of whom have been involved in tools that could be used as weapons in such disturbances, most of whom are not from the region and came to the town in organized groups.
In addition, following allegations by PSOE, Podemos and the United Left, the Public Prosecutor for Hate Crimes hate investigates whether there is any evidenceofa crime in the public statements of Vox President José Ángel Antelo aboutthe incidents.
The Civil Guard continues to investigate the origin of the clashes, as last week a 68-year-old man was attacked, for which three young men of Maghreb origin have been arrested, the last of whom, the perpetrator of the attack, was arrested in Errenteria (Gipuzkoa) while trying to catch a train across the border and has been imprisoned.
The spokeswoman for the Spanish Government, Pilar Alegría, explained at a press conference today that the riots could spread because "hatred, when fed with lies, becomes fuel." She recalled that, according to data from 2023, 73% of the crimes in the Spanish State have been committed by Spaniards.
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