Karim El Baqqalliarrested this morning, is 32 years old and is accused of driving drug boat who ended the lives of two civil guards in Barbate. He is an expert pilot of these boats; nephew of the chief clan of ‘Pus Pus’, Abdellah El Merabet; and an old acquaintance of the region’s agents.
This was the great objective of the Benemérita and it has remained hidden for seven months in his hometown in Moroccoprotected by his uncle. Both belong to one of the most important drug families in our country, installed on the Costa del Sol. The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, assured that he is “the person who He allegedly drove and piloted the drug boat who violently attacked our Civil Guard agents.”
For years, Karim He would have been one of those responsible for transporting hashish from one side of the Strait to the other, from Morocco to Spain, the gateway for drugs to Europe. The government delegate in Andalusia, Pedro Fernández, stressed “the absolute collaboration that occurred on the part of Morocco since the beginning of this investigation to finally be able to find his trace.
Finding his whereabouts was not easy. In this time only one image could be seen yours, enjoying a day on the boat just off the coast of Ceuta. Almost a month after the photograph was taken, he was arrested.
