Chema Rodríguez Barbate (Cádiz)
Barbate (Cadiz)
Updated Saturday, February 10, 2024-13:43
Cádiz Two agents die after being run over by a drug boat in Barbate: "Is the Civil Guard on that shitty boat?"
Drug trafficking The two agents murdered in Barbate are a Catalan and a man from Cádiz and they leave three orphaned children
The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, planned to attend this Saturday the
rally
called at the doors of the Barbate City Hall as a sign of mourning and condemnation after the death of two civil guards the night before, run over by a drug boat in the fishing port. . But, at the last minute, he changed his schedule.
If he had not done so, he would have faced the wrath of a town, that of Barbate, which has responded en masse to the call of its local authorities not only to express its solidarity with the armed institute and the families of the two deceased agents. . They have also done so to express their rage, their indignation and their anger at the
lack of resources
with which the security forces have to work in the tremendously unequal fight against drug trafficking.
Shouts of "Marlaska, resignation!" and long live the Civil Guard have been heard equally in the main square of Barbate, who have only broken the
minute of silence
in memory of the victims and the official speeches, in which the common denominator has been criticism of the Ministry of Inside.
Because, as the Councilor for Citizen Security, Francisco Ponce, has said, in recent years there have been constant requests to the Interior to reinforce the means, both human and material, of the Civil Guard at a time, furthermore, in which the Large drug trafficking clans in Campo de Gibraltar are expanding their
field of action
due to the police pressure exerted since the special plan against drug trafficking in that region was launched.
"Enough is enough, it's time for us to be heard," said the councilor, who insisted to his neighbors that "we are not here to beg, but to complain." At the same time, he has condemned the attitude of the neighbors who recorded the
videos
in which the drug boat attacks the boat where the six civil guards were. "Their attitude is shameful," he said.
The mayor, Miguel Molina, has expressed himself along the same lines, criticizing Grande-Marlaska for turning a
deaf ear
to his demands for more resources. "We demand that the Government and the Interior stop looking the other way, we need more resources, more security and we have been demanding it for years," he complained.
Before the doors of the Town Hall, under flags at half-mast, civil guards with red eyes have received the support of the population of Barbate, shocked by the brutal murder of the two agents, David Pérez and Miguel Ángel González.
Not only in the central square of the municipality, but also in the neighborhood groups, in the bar gatherings and, especially,
in the fishing port
, the only topic of conversation was the attack on the agents of the armed institute, an episode which has also revealed how drug trafficking has become a real threat far beyond the limits of Campo de Gibraltar.
"They have gone for them," agreed four residents of Barbate in a cafeteria near the food market, alarmed by what happened just one kilometer away, at the mouth of the port, and also critical of the judicial system. "There is no justice," they say.