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The Guardia Civil director-general, Mercedes Gonzalez, visited Torre Pacheco’s barracks to thank the officers for their efforts in quelling racial riots that took place this month.
Gonzalez announced that 700 rioters had been identified, and 140 denuncias were issued.
The man, who is in custody now, who is alleged to have attacked Domingo Torres the elderly without cause has been arrested.
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Also jailed is the extreme right-wing agitator who encouraged people to go to Torre Pacheco to ‘hunt down immigrants’ in revenge for the assault.
Nearly 200 officers ‘guaranteed citizen security’ during those tense days, according to Gonzalez, who said ‘made it possible to sustain public order in the town’.
She added that ‘when certain incidents occur such as those that occurred here, there is no impunity of any kind’.
Gonzalez observed that 72 hours after the attack on Domingo Torres, ‘two of the participants were identified and arrested’ and four days later, the ‘aggressor was arrested when he tried to flee to France from the Basque Country’.
She stated that “the police deployment allowed us to identify and arrest those who are spouting hate speech, which, in essence, is what generates hate crimes.”
The Guardia’s operation in Murcia ended a couple of days ago, but the investigation continues to identify those who were involved in the riots.
Gonzalez met Torre Pacheco’s mayor, Pedro Angel Roca. He said that the town needed more officers.
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