The prison 'army' of Los Castaña for a quiet life behind bars

• Raid The last and final?

  battle of the Civil Guard against the Castaña narcoclan

• Arrest Antonio Tejón, 'El Castaña', detained in the La Línea courts

'Los Castaña'

have become a kind of appellation of origin for drug trafficking in the

.

The seal of a criminal industry that came to believe itself unpunished, but which has been giving way like the door of a castle after each new water hammer by the security forces.

A pressure that has been substantiated every week with dozens of detainees and thousands of kilos of drugs seized and that has culminated in the preventive imprisonment of the clan leaders:

io and Francisco Tejón Carrasco.

Two brothers who in the Algecirean prison of

have met dozens of drug traffickers over whom they have a great ancestry.

A particular

that "closes ranks to protect them", despite the fact that "their behavior is good" because "they do not want to be transferred." Francisco, better known as

, is the one who has spent the longest time in prison.

Specifically, since October 2018, when he was arrested after committing the affront of starring in a music video when he had been in search and capture for two years. After spending a season in the

(Granada), he has returned to his area of ​​action: the Campo de Gibraltar.

It is located in module 11 of the Botafuegos prison, in Algeciras (Cádiz), a "friendly" department occupied by preventive inmates and inmates who are about to obtain the third degree or who have achieved the second and already have permits.

"They are prisoners who have one foot in the street, so they

and there are no repeat offenders," explain the sources consulted by EL MUNDO, who describe the oldest of 'Los Castaña' as "

who does not get involved in problems "and that" he has chosen the sports center "for his daily exit from the cell. Since he first entered prison in 1996, what is considered one of the largest drug traffickers on the continent, has always kept a

in the periods where he has been behind bars.

In recent times, there is only one spot on his file.

It was during his stay in the Granada penitentiary, after the officials found

in his cell

.

He was admonished because the incarcerated cannot have cash, since to make their purchases they have cards in which a weekly amount can be entered.Francisco has not proven to be a dangerous prisoner, although there was a time when it was included in the Special Monitoring Inmates File (

), where murderers, terrorists and other particularly violent criminals are registered.

But "he appealed and the Penitentiary Surveillance judge revoked the measure."

, who many consider the

, is currently in the Admission module, passing the 14 days of quarantine included in the agreed protocol to prevent the spread of Covid-19. He has entered prison again after a few days in freedom and after a controversial court decision that released him after posting a

.

A coup that has been followed by an operation by the Civil Guard against money laundering that has led to the seizure of significant amounts of money and real estate supposedly owned by them.

Algeciras jail

Precisely, about thirty presumed drug traffickers detained by this and other recent investigations, have entered the prison in Algeciras in recent days, forming a particular "army" at the service of 'Los Castaña'. Like his brother, the little one of the clan

, since he knows that this can motivate his transfer.

And that is something he does not like, because it implies leaving his comfort zone and getting away from the heat of his own.

You already know the experience after spending a season in the

penitentiary

, where he was reprimanded for

after he allegedly

to do a series of

. "Neither of them wants to problems "and they have at their side a large group of inmates, many of whom have 'worked' for them, who" are

. "

"They close ranks to

, if necessary," because it seems unlikely that anyone would dare to attack the Badger brothers. Although so far "they have behaved well" and "are not being aggressive," the sources consulted consider that Penitentiary Institutions "should consider dispersing them" to weaken this force and prevent possible incidents.

"They already did it when they sent

to Albolote and Antonio to Córdoba," they point out, to point out that the

of the two great drug lords of the Strait is a key factor in maintaining peace: "They are from here and neither of them wants to be sent away. "While both await the investigation of the different cases that have led them to Botafuegos again, the investigators who have followed in their footsteps for years do not lower their guard to detect if they intend to continue pulling the strings of their organization from their respective cells.

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