The thugs who name the operation Thugs had frightened dozens of kids in Madrid schools. Not content to dock them at recess, vex them and even force them to use drugs, they came to steal more than 40,000 euros in jewels from the house of one of their victims, who were forced to hand over their house keys. On another occasion, when the father of one of the extortionists surprised them in the street mistreating his son, they did not hesitate to take out a machete and try to attack the parent.

The National Police have arrested two minors, one Ukrainian and another Paraguayan, who were frightened of students in schools in three districts of Madrid: Villaverde, Carabanchel and Usera. The agents of the Unit attached to the Courts and the Prosecutor's Office of Madrid, who have carried out the investigation, attribute to them at least 20 robberies, that is, robberies with violence and intimidation, in addition to the crimes of coercion, threats, injuries and extortion of students from schools that took to the streets during recess.

The situation was especially serious in two institutes in Carabanchel, and specifically in the district of La Peseta, where the two thugs were more active. Their modus operandi was always the same: they waited for the young people to go outside during recess, they found them nearby, with preference for La Peseta Park, and there they looked for the easiest to intimidate to rob them. And as if that were not enough, they also wanted to force many of them to swell the ranks of their band of two , and thus multiply the criminal actions by more neighborhoods in Madrid.

The fear installed in schools had reached such a point that many of the young people no longer wanted to leave the center at break time. The police investigation has taken several months and is still open, waiting to receive more complaints or clarify criminal acts similar to those already discovered.

During the arrests the agents have seized several razors and the machete with which they tried to attack the father who recriminated the violence against his son.

From the top police headquarters in Madrid remember that there is the Master Plan for Coexistence and Improvement of Safety in Education Centers and their Environments, which serves both to advise teachers and students on issues that may affect their safety , whether they are cases of serious crimes such as this one of the operation Thugs or other problems such as those related to bullying or alcohol and drug use among young people.

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