The Civil Guard does not rule out issuing in the coming days an international arrest warrant to arrest the four alleged occupants of the drug boat which, on February 9 fatally attacked two agents of the armed institute in the town of Barbate, in Cadiz (Cadiz), all identified in Morocco.
Sources in the investigation told Efe that so far the arrest of the suspects has not been requested, although they are considering this possibility since the investigations are very advanced.. Complete identification of the four suspects This was possible thanks to the collaboration and exchange of information with the Moroccan authorities.
According to the sources, the cooperation has been cordial so far and they point out that the doubts about this Moroccan collaboration are harming the progress of the investigations. Among the people identified by the investigators of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard and the Command of Cadiz is Karimthe person who allegedly piloted the boat that cost the lives of agents David Pérez and Miguel Ángel González.
Investigators do not rule out that Karim’s uncle, Abdellah El Merabet –known as Pus Pus-, closely linked to drug trafficking and alleged leader of the organization to which the occupants of the drug boat belonged, gives protection to the suspect since he fled to Morocco.
They rule out the involvement of Kiko the Goat
The seat of the main suspect and the three other people who accompanied him on the boat began to tighten once investigators They ruled out the involvement of the first suspected drug boat, piloted by the deputy Francisco Javier, alias Kiko el Cabra.. He and the five other people arrested in the first instance – and now free – appeared in July as witnesses before the Barbate court in charge of the investigation and, according to the sources consulted, provided “revealing” data that proves it. Karim and his companions.
NOW, almost seven months after the eventsInvestigators have collected 61 remains that point to the drug boat piloted by Karim as being responsible for the deaths of the two civil guards. These were recovered after agents of the Maritime Service of the Civil Guard of Huelva located the boat on March 17 while it was sailing 20 nautical miles south of La Antilla beach, in the province of Huelva.
The boat, a semi-rigid inflatable, equipped with four engines and weighing around 7,000 kilos, presented damage that could be consistent with impacts against the patrol boat of the Civil Guard. Investigators believe they tried to camouflage it by removing the tape covering its antenna, but they are convinced that it is the one Karim was piloting on the night of the events.
From its interior, they also collected a total of 61 remains, including the shell fragments drug ship with stripes, propellers, toothpaste tubes, medicines like aerosols, vaseline bottles, yogurts, balaclavas, water bottles, a sweater, a shampoo bottle, gloves, sneakers, lighters and liquorice.
