National Police agents arrested in Murcia, thanks to citizen collaboration, one of the ten most wanted fugitives, Jesús Heredia Iglesias, on the run for ten years and wanted for murder committed in 2009 in Talavera de la Reina (Toledo). This is the fourth of ten escapees that the police included in the “10 most wanted” campaign, launched in July, as the police indicated in a press release.
Once again, citizen collaboration was essential to locate the fugitive in Murcia, where he had created a family network that allowed him to hide more easily. The fugitive had while waiting to serve a 15 year sentence prison for his participation in the death of a person in Talavera de la Reina.
The incident occurred after an argument at the Nelly bar, during which, with his uncle Juan, He attacked the victim, Jesús Robles, with a knife and then shot him up to five times. In 2014, a popular jury found him guilty of murder and he was sentenced to fifteen years in prison, as well as an additional year for illegal possession of weapons, in addition to compensation of 350,000 euros for the family of the victim.
This is a repeated trial on the orders of the Supreme Court, since during the first, held in 2011, he was found not guilty. He escaped and was sought, and ten years later he was one of the so-called “cold cases.” more relevant than the Fugitive Location Section had opened, which therefore decided to include him in the most wanted list.
Researchers discovered that he had a vast network of family ties that could serve as cover and facilitate its concealment. Thanks to the attention given by citizens to the campaign and the public exposure of the fugitive’s profile on the social networks of the National Police, information was received from the citizen collaboration on his possible location in the city of Murcia.
After several surveillance and control devices, it was possible to find out the address where the accused was located. he was hiding with his wifehence they adopted strong self-protection and counter-surveillance measures to avoid being located by the agents. Once located and identified, an operation was carried out to gain access to the home which, with the support of the Special Operational Security Group and the Prevention and Reaction Unit, allowed his arrest.
