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German citizens Christina F. and Thomas G. they are probably the first two people incarcerated in Spain in relation to the coronavirus . The blame lies with a crazed attack on several motorized patrols of the National Police and Civil Guard and a flight by highway and a mountain pass of more than 60 kilometers at reckless speeds.

The Investigating Court number 4 of Huesca decreed this Sunday the entry into provisional prison, communicated and without bail, of this German German couple, accused of alleged crimes of aggravated attack on the authority, against road safety, injuries and damages. The car, which reflects the driver's confession of having drunk vodka before getting into the car, justifies the imprisonment in the risk of flight "considering that the investigated have no known address in Spain" and the "severity of the penalties that in their day may prevail ", as well as" avoiding the commission of other crimes of the same nature ".

Such a corollary of crimes could mean more than 33 years in prison , if the prosecution's considerations are added year after year. "They are serious crimes. The lives of three agents have been put at serious risk, who acted with weight and proportionality before two investigated who not only broke the state of alarm, but also put all citizens who were driving on the road at risk. of mountain by provoking a persecution of more than 200 kilometers per hour, "according to Jorge Piedrafita , lawyer for the Spanish Association of Civil Guards (AEGC) .

The story goes back to last Friday afternoon. A BMW 325 ci convertible and registered in Germany tried to access Spain from France through the Canfranc (Huesca) border post. Suddenly, the car accelerated, ran over a National Police patrol and started a race at very high speed. Since the National Police team was unable to leave the border, they asked other colleagues and other Civil Guard crews for support.

After the town of Jaca , two bikers from the Civil Guard stationed themselves at a roundabout. The BMW dodged control, traversed the scene, and continued to flee as the two officers pursued their pursuit. A few kilometers later, two Civil Guard cars were placed at another roundabout on the road. Upon seeing them, the German couple hit one of them and continued the race while the other police vehicle and the two motorcycles were chasing her.

At that time, the scene was already crazy: a high-end car at full speed descending a mountain pass with its occupants throwing objects such as water bottles and a box against their pursuers and a patrol and two Civil Guard motorcycles stuck to He trying to stop it with the consequent danger for all the protagonists or any other driver who occupies the road.

Onslaught by the escaped

Almost at the end of the port, the Civil Guard car managed to overtake and was placed in front of the BMW while the two motorcycles were placed behind. According to Piedrafita's testimony, when the agents were making the escapes slow down, the BMW charged the patrol. "The two guards in the car got out as best they could," says the lawyer. At the time, the BMW "backtracked with the intention of running over the motorcycle officers." One of the guards jumped and his motorcycle was hit by the BMW.

Then, one of the officers fired into the air "as a deterrent" and when he saw the car continue on its way at high speed, the other civil guard fired two shots at the wheels. The BMW continued to race for a few meters until it stopped at a median and officers stopped its occupants.

They are two Germans, a woman without a record and a man who has a file for resistance to authority in Mallorca last November.

German couple version

In the police and judicial investigation it has been learned that the couple tried to cross to Spain the previous day, Thursday, through the La Junquera border crossing, but was rejected because they could not prove a reason for not respecting the state of alarm that already prevailed. In our country.

During the hearing held on Sunday, the detainees alleged that they did not know that in Spain there were border control measures for the coronavirus and that in France they had not had problems in moving freely.

Neither the prosecution's lawyer nor the civil guards themselves believe that version. "There are control measures throughout Europe. And in any case, the problem is not that. The thing is that they have played with the lives of many people," says Piedrafita, who assures that three of the agents have physical problems derived from the bumps and falls and are currently on the downside . "The civil guards have put their lives at serious risk to safeguard citizen security and want to be compensated for the bodily harm suffered. And they demand that the maximum penalty be imposed on the accused so that they see that attempting against their lives is not free."

Through his lawyer, one of the agents sums up the odyssey in one sentence: "We saw death up close."

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