Spanish police announced Saturday the arrest of three young men presented as "the makers of the Spanish version of one of the most influential neo-Nazi websites" in the world, under the leadership of a Spaniard living in Switzerland.
A Spanish version of an American online newspaper. Aged 21 to 23, "three men were arrested in Barcelona, Tarragona and Zaragoza, in the north-east, they were the administrators of the Spanish section of the website, aimed at spreading anti-Semitic, homophobic and anti-Semitic hate messages. racist, "police said in a statement. They fed the Spanish version of "an online newspaper broadcast from the United States" in English, propagating neo-Nazi ideology and devotion to Adolf Hitler.
The leader "considered as an international neo-Nazi referent". The alleged leader and ideologue of this section could be located and heard in Switzerland, according to the police. This is a 29-year-old Spaniard, "considered as an international neo-Nazi referent, with a network of more than 50,000 subscribers," the source said. "Well known on the network, this individual would have started his activity with a blog under the title 'alerta judiada' (warning Jewry)" which published mostly antisemitic articles and videos but also attacked the group of lesbians, gays, bi and trans (LGBT) or the feminist movement.
The operation was conducted in collaboration with the European Criminal Police Agency Europol and the Swiss Police. According to the Spanish police, the arrested men used false identities and computer servers abroad to try to hide their place of residence.