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It seemed that they were not, that they did not move. However, radicalism and dangerousness grew strongly and rapidly in all calls to become Daesh's army in Europe . Police officers did not lose sight of them, despite the complexity of police investigations during the pandemic. Confinement became an ally for them. "In most cases, they spent a lot of hours at home self-training."

On March 14 the state of alarm started. But it did not lower the police surveillance - face-to-face and virtual - that has caused a series of continued operations by the General Information Police Station . The first, on April 21 . The Police arrested in Almería a British-Egyptian citizen, a veteran of the wars in Syria and Iraq. One of the most wanted foreign fighters across Europe. It was Abdel Majed Abdel Bary , considered "extremely violent". It had been active in the border area between Syria and Iraq for years.

The detained foreign terrorist fighter was one of the most wanted terrorists in Europe, both for his criminal record in the ranks of Daesh and for his high dangerousness. Some European intelligence services put at least 10 murders by this dangerous individual.

On May 22 , the specialists' action against Daesh moved to Ciudad Real , to Bolaños de Calatrava . There they arrested four radicals: the leader and three recruits who already made up a cell. It was a double performance, against a group already prepared and against a top-tier recruiter. More than a year of police monitoring in an operation of the General Information Police Station and the Moroccan Police.

The leader of the plot, Bader Bakali, was a follower of Abu Muhammad al Adnani , who, until his death, was the head of Daesh's foreign operations, his spokesman and, furthermore, his highest official in Syria. His followers defined themselves as the invisible soldiers of Daesh.

Two agents transferred a detainee on June 5.

Videos of martyrdom

The arrested leader had intensely increased the consumption of videos of martyrdom and the execution of attacks in Europe, such as that perpetrated against the French weekly Charlie Hebdo . It entered Spain in 2017 irregularly. But it was not until the beginning of 2019 that he "took his registration", he did not find the key to locate and "monitor" him. So, he acted as a seasonal worker, collecting onions in the Ciudad Real region. Bader Bakali already had a long and long career in Morocco linked to jihadist plots.

Bolaños de Calatrava, a population of just over 12,000 inhabitants, had arrived in early 2019. A room was rented in a shared house. For the agents, it was not a surprise to see the camouflage he used as a temporary worker. Someone baptized him as El Cebollero .

And the Police returned to Madrid , a city where the radicals were reaching levels of greater danger. Thus, on June 5, a lone wolf was arrested, a radical considered "extremely dangerous" by police sources. He was preparing, in the last phase of his radicalism, and the specialists in the fight against jihadism did not want to take risks. He was a lone "manual" wolf. He self-indoctrinated to carry out attacks. He was arrested on June 2 in the context of Operation Jebal . Manuals on how to execute "with precision" slaughterings. Or vehicle attacks. And manuals to make bombs ... A "true library of terror." "It was extremely dangerous."

Nurdin Belal , 34, a Moroccan, lived with his parents and siblings in the Madrid town of Guadalix de la Sierra . He had been in Spain since 2003. "He was the son of the Islamic State." In recent weeks, even his appearance had changed. He shaved his head. He left his long beard. He wore white clothing. "Its radicalization was extreme," say the agents.

Another arrested on June 11, accused of collecting for Daesh.

Once again, the figure of virtual agents - the cyber patrolmen who navigate the remote sites, where criminal organizations and terrorists try to hide and camouflage all their material - was key. Their actions are even more relevant during the pandemic and the confinement.

Financial framework

And, in case it was missing to touch any piece of the Daesh, the Police dealt a blow to its financial fabric. On the 9th , he arrested an individual for his alleged participation in a crime of financing terrorist activities. It is about a young Syrian, Saleh Saraj, who is considered a banker of the jihadist plot. He arrived in Spain in 2013 and settled in the Canillejas neighborhood of Madrid , where he started a vehicle buying and selling business. He is married to a Hungarian.

He received money, donations from supporters and members of Daesh settled in Europe that he sent to Syria to support the members of Daesh who are committing attacks in the area. According to sources of the investigation, the detainee has sent more than 300,000 euros to Syria for the Daesh acolytes.

In the operation, his home and his vehicle were registered, where "relevant" material was intervened, according to the police. The detainee was an experienced and specialized remitter of the terrorist plot.

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