Police are investigating the allegedly intentional burning in the early hours of this Tuesday of the car used by the councilor for citizen security and the police of Aspe (Alicante), José Vicente Pérez, of the Esquerra Unida del País Valencià (EUPV).
EUPV demanded “a thorough investigation” on the facts and clarify “appropriate responsibilities.”
The incident occurred a few minutes after 4 p.m. on Don Pelayo Street, near the councilor’s home, and he was the first to come and put out the flames, which They burned the inside of the cabin.
Police sources told EFE that everything indicates that the fire was intentional, An investigation has therefore been opened to clarify what happened.
This fire occurs five weeks after the mayor’s father’s van of the municipality, Antonio Puerto, of User interface, also burned at dawn, in an incident that continues to be investigated with no arrests made so far.
Since last spring, the mayor of Aspe and part of the government team have received threats following an operation carried out by the National Police which led at the beginning of the year to the closure of an establishment in the town where they were organized illegal cockfighting.