The Guardian sobre los secuestros express en España
Junio 16th, 2006 11:55pm J. Sullivan
El diario británico The Guardian informa en un artículo en su web del secuestro express que del que fue víctima un niño de doce años en Torre Pacheco, Murcia. Sobre esta lastimera lacra de delincuencia que sufrimos, un fragmento del artículo:
[...] Express kidnappings, which are common in Mexico and other parts of Latin America, have begun to emerge as a serious crime problem in Spain. Victims are often beaten up to ensure rapid payment from their families. The boy, who has not been named, was spending the day at the family business because he was off sick from school.
A neighbour saw him being bundled into a van by masked men and was able to give police the licence number. Although police later arrested the driver and the van owner, they were unable to find the child. The kidnappers then demanded a ransom, which was reported to have been paid on Monday night. [...]
Opposition politicians, who link growing crime with a recent surge in immigration, have demanded that the prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, take measures to tackle kidnappings.
Mariano Rajoy, leader of the conservative People’s party, recently demanded that he “take measures against express kidnappings, street gangs and attacks on houses” by “immigrants who don’t come here to earn a living but are criminals”.
The Madrid prosecutor’s office reported earlier this year that seven express kidnapping gangs were captured by police during 2005. There were 147 kidnappings in Madrid alone last year – although prosecutors were unable to say how many of them were express kidnappings. They said many kidnappings were not reported to the police. [...]
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Etiquetas: España.
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