Two civilian guards died this Friday after they were rammed by drug traffickers’ boats off the coast of Barbate in Cadiz. Two more were injured: one with serious injuries (his arm was amputated), the other with minor injuries.
According to El PaisOne of the guards belonged to the Group of Rapid Response (GAR), and the other belonged to the Group of Underwater Activities Experts (GEAR). The circumstances of the collision and the identities of the security forces have not been disclosed.
According to local media, four boats with powerful engines used to transport drugs escaped from the Guardia Civil in the port of Albufera de Barbate. As a result of this pursuit, during which the agents had far fewer resources and a much less powerful vessel, one of the boats passed a Civil Guard boat, resulting in the death of two civilian guards and a third one seriously injured who had to be evacuated. rescued after falling into water and slightly injuring another.
Hours earlier, Spain’s interior minister had been in the area to point out that police pressure had succeeded in scaring off drug traffickers from the Campo de Gibraltar area. He announced a special security plan for the area.
In recent months, dozens of Spanish security forces working in the area have demanded transfers as they and their families were threatened by drug traffickers.
Sources at the Ministry of the Interior confirmed to Efe that Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska will travel to the city of Cadiz in Andalusia tomorrow.