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The four accused of the group rape in Bilbao who remain free with charges will be expelled from the country when their involvement in sexual assault is clarified, which is still under investigation.

The National Police arrested the four suspects on Thursday, all of Algerian nationality, and transferred them to the police station to identify them. After verifying that they are in an irregular situation in Spain, he launched the administrative procedure for his expulsion from the country.

The rape suspects remained in the police station just a few hours, just enough for the relevant identification, and from now on the expulsion process, which in any case is always a long procedure, is subject to the decision of the judge who leads the case of the group violation that occurred on August 1 in a park in Bilbao and in which the four are charged, released with charges, and with the obligation to appear every day to sign in court.

The victim, an 18-year-old girl, clearly recognized two of the aggressors - she had stayed with one of them through social networks - who are already in Basauri prison. However, he could not determine with certainty the participation of the other four, so the judge is waiting to receive the results of various tests, including DNA, to determine whether or not to participate in the aggression.

Given their irregular situation in the country, the competent authority could determine their entry into a CIE until the expulsion is resolved, but the fact that they have an obligation to appear every day in court could cause them to remain free.

In fact, the National Police, before initiating the foreigner proceeding, informed the Prosecutor , the investigating judge and the Ertzaintza.

The case of La Manada de Bilbao has caused a huge commotion in Basque society, but it has not been the only episode of sexual aggression in recent days. In Vitoria , which celebrates its parties this week, there are two arrested for two sexual assaults. In San Sebastián, another for allegedly raping a minor in a squat floor.

In Vitoria, in addition, the fact that some members of one of the gangs that participate in the festivities carried banners in which complaints about gender violence and sexist aggressions with slogans such as "Violence is a matter of Attitude, not gender # quenoteengañen "or" False complaints = abuse = same conviction ", has caused a strong controversy. The gang in question was immediately expelled from the events of the festivities, but it highlights the existence of a sector of the population that continues to question the veracity of statistics on gender violence. "It is unacceptable that sexist violence is questioned and that they equate the tiny percentage of false allegations with the thousands and thousands of real cases of mistreatment suffered by women," said the mayor of Vitoria, Gorka Urtaran (PNV).

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