The three men who last summer They tried to murder a man with a machine gun during a settling of scores in Marbella (Málaga) were arrested in France. As the National Police reported this Thursday in a press release, the agents clarified this assassination attempt with the use of firearms which took place in July 2023 in the city of Malaga.
The alleged perpetrators of the incident, three men aged 23, 26 and 28, all linked to organized crime, fired at least two shots on the terrace of a restaurant against a member of a rival organizationwho managed to escape the shooting unharmed and flee. The suspects were arrested in France, with the collaboration of French authorities, under European arrest and surrender orders issued by the attempted murder.
The botched crime took place yesterday afternoon July 18, 2023around 5:45 p.m. Several detonations on the terrace of an establishment on United Nations Avenue alerted the National Police, who received several calls related to the incident, through CIMACC 091.
According to the investigation, two men with hoodThey broke into a neighborhood restaurant, one of them carrying a machine gun, and They opened fire on the guests from one of the local tables. According to the investigation, the target of these turned out to be a member of a rival clan, who managed to escape unscathed and flee.
Vehicle set on fire
The perpetrators of the shooting were aided in their escape by other associates of the criminal network, the latter performing support tasks. The looters They fled in a vehiclelocated in flames on the same afternoon of the shooting in Pleyades Street in Marbella, causing a forest fire which affected 1.47 hectares of forest and which led to the activation of several fire brigade panels.
In the restaurant where the detonations took place, the Scientific Police carried out the corresponding visual inspection, locating two bullet holes on the establishment’s terrace.
The investigation, carried out by agents assigned to the Marbella Organized Crime Group, UDYCO-Costal del Sol, focused on identifying those responsible for the criminal acts. “After hard efforts to clarify the shooting, the police managed to name the people involved, to whom they were inserted. European arrest and surrender warrants», indicated the National Police in the press release.
Finally, with the collaboration of the French authorities, the suspects, linked to drug trafficking and the illicit possession of weapons, were located on French territory. In Spain, they are attributed with crimes of belonging to criminal organization, attempted murder and arson. Marbella Court of Instruction number 2 is aware of the facts.
