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The NAZI theme stag night on the Costa del Sol marked the end of an infamous football hooligan drug-trafficking firm.
The boss is the Suburbios firm, Daniel MF – also known as El Ratilla – and his crew of thugs shocked locals by parading bright red T-shirts emblazoned with large swastikas through the streets of Malaga earlier this month.
They were said to have been drinking heavily, giving Nazi salutes and singing Fascist songs as they celebrated the impending nuptials.
El Ratilla, along with more than 12 members of his group, was arrested just after his marriage in Madrid on the 20th September.
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El Ratilla had married in the San Esteban Protomártir church in Fuenlabrada, south of Madrid.
Guests lit flares in front of the church when the couple emerged before heading to a nearby reception. Finca. Some uploaded photos later with Hitler Emojis covering their face.
They didn’t know that plain-clothed police were watching them the entire time.
Police decided to swoop two days later, arresting El Ratilla alongside 12 of his associates just as he was preparing to depart for his honeymoon – fearing he might abscond if they let him leave.
The raids revealed a shocking cache of Nazi propaganda including T-shirts featuring portraits of Hitler, the Suburbios name and the phrase ‘Sons of Hitler’ – along with fascist pamphlets and literature.
Searches also turned up five kilos of cocaine, more than €100,000 in cash and a series of weapons including nunchucks.
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Ratilla has been remanded to Soto del Real prison for drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges.
Police reported that the group had funded itself by vuelcos – violent robberies of rival drug traffickers – and laundered profits through a string of businesses tied to Ratilla and relatives, including a bar on Calle Pintor Rosales in Madrid, a massage parlour on Calle Princesa, and a T-shirt shop called Imperio in Fuenlabrada.
In one search, officers raided his commercial unit on Calle Galicia in Fuenlabrada – a former butcher’s stall turned T-shirt shop – removing bags of evidence before parading the handcuffed leader into a waiting car.
You can also find out more about the following: Suburbios Firm was founded as a splinter from Atletico Madrid’s Frente Atletico. However, they were expelled in 2014. Even hardened ultras refused to acknowledge them.
A banner was unfurled on the Vicente Calderon Stadium at the time. Antinarconazis (anti-drug-nazis).
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Since then, they have gained a reputation as a gang that is violent and extremist.
El Ratilla is covered in multiple Nazi tattoos. These include a swastika, a Hitler portrait, a Hitler’s speech, and a SS Totenkopf on his hand.
He was photographed at a ceremony honouring the Division Azul of Spanish volunteers that fought in Hitler’s Army, as well as at tributes paid to Croatian Fascist leader Ante Pavi?.
Members of Suburbios have also taken part in homophobic marches in Madrid’s Chueca district, chanting ‘fuera maricas de nuestros barrios‘ (gays, get out of our neighbourhoods”) and protested outside migrant centre demanding deportation.
Ratilla is a violent man. He was photographed in 2021 leading the company at the Chueca March.
El Mundo reported that in 2022 he had attempted to attack a reporter, chasing and threatening him on the street with threats like “I know your address.”
He previously spent time in prison a decade ago, and his followers have held events and collections in support, sometimes displaying banners reading ‘Ratilla libertad‘ (free Ratilla).
Ricardo Guerra – the Atletico ultra who was convicted for killing Real Sociedad’s Aitor Zabaleta fan in 1998 – and his right hand man J Piquenque attended his wedding. J Piquenque became famous in 2005 when he led a mob which stormed Atletico training ground to confront players.
The gang’s rise was linked to El Niño Skin, another far-right ultra who once seized control of Real Madrid’s Ultras Sur before moving into drug trafficking and violent robberies.
Ratilla and Niño Skin were once allies but later fell out, reportedly clashing physically.
The authorities were investigating the Suburbios Book months in advance for the Malaga stag do and Madrid wedding.
The arrests have brought down a cell that police describe as violent supremacist, mixing hooliganism with racism and narco-crime.
Ratilla, instead of flying to a five-star hotel from Barajas, was taken under guard to Soto del Real Prison, where he awaits his trial.
The Olive Press offers Costa Del Sol News.
