Temporary prison for the head of Civil Protection of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

The Court of Instruction Number 5 of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, acting as guardian, decreed the entry into temporary prisoncommunicated and without bail, for Santiago Carlos Martín, former head of Civil Protection of Santa Cruz de Tenerife after being temporarily dismissed from his position by the City Hall.

From the communications office of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC), they report that a statement was collected from him as an investigator, after being arrested by the National Police, as claimedperpetrator of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of servitudepromoting illegal immigration and the prosecution of crimes of sexual assault and sexual harassment.

After making this decision, the judicial authority recused itself in favor of the Court of Instruction Number One of La Laguna, which is leading an investigation which remains under investigation. secret summary.

Santiago Carlos Martín, who is also spokesperson for the NGO SOS missing in the Canariess, was already investigated a few years ago by the prosecutor’s office for alleged sexual harassment of civil protection volunteers, although the case was archived, and he was dismissed from his post in 2019 when the PSOE and the CS arrived at Santa Cruz town hall. of Tenerife, a position he recovered with the return of CC to power.