Police vests won’t stop drug traffickers’ weapons wars

They went out for them. It wasn’t an accident or a mistake. Investigations have revealed that drug traffickers in Isla Mayor were aware of the power of their weapons and attempted to execute members of the Special Group Against Organized Crime (Greco) in the middle of rice fields. … The police were following them, knew their movements, and did not hesitate to attack them to make them escape. Only rice fields, dark moonless nights, and luck saved them. Three people were injured, one seriously. Bulletproof vests couldn’t stop projectiles. of an assault rifle. It hit him directly in the stomach. “It could have slipped through the three exposed fingers on the belt so as not to limit its mobility,” claims one of the investigators fighting drug trafficking in Andalusia. bullet caliber It can also be passed over a vest.

National security forces and military forces face weapons of war every day without the means to counter the threat. Modified replicas of AR-15s, Scorpions, Colt M-4s, Zastava M70s, AK-47s and their variants, Czech Vz-58s, or Stinger TAK-2s were seized at command and police stations in Andalusia. “That’s it caliber 5.56mmthe vest doesn’t stop. The regulars keep their 9mm handguns at the ready, unless they fire at very close range,” the source said, explaining that potentially deadly problems continue to occur if the vest is hit with a caliber that can withstand it.

The Spanish Police Federation (CEP) in Malaga recalled that rifles and long weapons of this type are dangerous. drilling capacity Outperforms standard bulletproof vests. Therefore, the risk for frontline agents is greatly increased. For them, all police stations At least one ballistic shield per vehicleespecially given the increase in weapons of war detected on the streets.

pay for organized crime investigations

Police officers charge 14 euros for lunch and the same amount for dinner. If you have to spend the night, Interior will pay 48 euros for the room. For agents traveling throughout Spain, this is not enough. In organized crime investigations, it is common for surveillance to begin in Malaga and end in Alicante, Barcelona, the Balearic Islands, or Valencia, if not the Canary Islands or other destinations. There, agents have to pay for food and sleep, ensuring they don’t have to pay out of pocket to track down drug traffickers.

And that’s when they get paid. Police unions and private security associations have criticized the fact that agents pursuing organized crime often have to pay for hotels and meals in advance while conducting surveillance or surveillance. They would take the money out of their pockets, report it to the police station or headquarters, and theoretically be reimbursed.

“It’s not like in the movies. When the bullet hits your vest, you can’t stand and the impact causes you to fall to the ground. Multiple ribs may be brokenA source consulted by the ABC in the fight against drug trafficking added: “For example, in cases where a health intervention is necessary to cause a spill. That is the case with guns, but with larger caliber guns there is no possibility of protection. In that case, only a ballistic plate can save the agent’s life.”

This is a ceramic plate placed inside the vest to strengthen it. This increases the weight carried by the agent to approximately 6 kg, which also limits the agent’s ability to move. These plates are only used by tactical teamsThis is the first to intervene, such as the national police GEO or the private security GAR.

Those groups are long weapon Also. None of the investigating police officers or Zetas agents possess these weapons. When drug traffickers open fire, as they did in Toledo this weekend, only tactical intervention teams have more sophisticated weapons to neutralize the threat.

There are more and more weapons on the streets. Easy access and AK-47 shooting in insecure areas. Granada gypsy family sold Glock automatic pistol 6,000 euros. They are considered weapons of war. They displayed an M-4 rifle or AK-47 on their WhatsApp profile for 9,000 euros for anyone interested. It was a buried weapons depot that supplied criminal organizations across the Andalusian coast, from Almeria to Huelva.

In their case, investigators told the ABC the family came into contact with marijuana in Marseille and moved on to weapons from there. After arresting them, the National Police believed that the Marseille mafia had obtained them. Ukraine’s war surplus weapons And he distributed them to marijuana clans throughout Andalusia.

The police union itself explains that the majority of these weapons come from police departments. balkans conflict. They came from weapons factories that remained after the war, or that were never delivered or destroyed. But, like Europol, they also estimate that the Ukraine war is creating new arms flows into Europe for the black market. In addition, secret workshops specialized in reactivating unused weapons were discovered in various regions of Andalusia. Although it is not the acquisition of weapons that is complicated.

Part of the armory seized from a marijuana family in Granada

ABC

CEP is the trade union that brought the need for agent protection to the European Parliament. What was derived from this was Mission to assess the fight against drug traffickingwhose conclusions were reflected in the proposal for a directive to protect agents and recognize them as a hazardous occupation. Something that the Spanish government denies. It also calls for attacks on agents, such as the Isla Mayor incident, to be considered euro crimes.

PSOE voted twice against Both proposing and approving amendments to this Directive. Additionally, the family of a private security guard who was hit by a drug boat in Barbate while on duty opposed meeting with MPs.

Therefore, after countless episodes of drug violence in Andalusia, after the body of a corporal of the Portuguese National Guard was already interred in Guadiana due to a raid during a pursuit, the unions are calling for: more material meansThis includes ballistic shielding, higher levels of personal protective equipment, and vehicles adapted to local risk interventions.