The Mocro Maffia hired the'stoning' hitman to kill Alejo Vidal Quadras. He sent Mehrez Ayari, who had already murdered a confidant by stoning him, to execute him.

It would be the first attack by this mafia (which has a history of association with Iran), against a Spaniard. The new lead that the investigation into the dangerous European group follows. It is the first time the mafia has been linked to a murder in Spain.