National Police officers arrested one of the men in a municipality in the province of Girona. Europe’s most wanted fugitives charged with aggravated homicide. The suspect knew two The European Arrest and Surrender Orders (OEDE) issued by the Hungarian and Romanian authorities for the crimes of aggravated homicide and against road safety, respectively, in addition to a national summons for theft, are punishable by prison at life for these events.
The person surveyed lived in an area far from the urban centerwith little traffic of people and vehicles, and took multiple security measures before leaving his home. For this reason, the agents had to pose as park and garden maintenance agents in order to identify and stop it.
The events for which the fugitive was wanted occurred in August 1991 in the Hungarian town of Paloznak. The individual under investigation, accompanied by other men, had broken into a parish in the said town to take the valuables that they were found there. During the events, they had caught the priest who headed the parish, an elderly man, sleeping, and after tying him to a chair and aggressively attacking him, died.
Likewise, they tied up and attacked a nun, also elderly, until she confessed where the valuables and money were. Although the woman survived the attack, she was seriously injured. These events motivated Hungary to open an investigation, including him on the list of the most dangerous fugitives. research by Europol.
Take several safety measures
The Hungarian authorities made progress in the negotiations and thanks to the comparison of a fingerprint found at the scene of the incident, a coincidence had been authorized which had made it possible to identify and arrest one of those involved, who had confessed to being responsible for the homicide.
Last May, given the seriousness of the events and the danger posed by the fugitive, Hungary issued a European arrest and surrender order. The National Police, after the Order, had begun to collect clues about his whereabouts.
At first, they were able to prove their temporary passage through the province of Huelva; However, he took several security measuresby not establishing continuous residences in the same location and using various false identities to avoid detection. Likewise, he took precautions when contacting third parties by telephone, using applications that avoided connection with telephone antennas.
Finally, in mid-November, the agents had managed to concentrate it on the province of Girona and they installed a device in the vicinity of their possible house. The fact that the location is far from the urban center, with little traffic of people and vehicles, is added to the security measures that the fugitive took before leaving the house or taking his vehicle, made things difficult enormously the tasks of monitoring and identification of it.
For this reason, and to avoid detection, agents They posed as maintenance workers parks and gardens. Thus, when the escapee went out onto the public road, with the intention of taking his car, the investigators were able to recognize him and arrest him.
