The Algeciras Section of the Provincial Court of Cádiz has hosted this Monday the beginning of the macro-trial in opposition to the Castañas clan, which in precept sat on the bench greater than 150 defendants for drug trafficking. Of the overall of the defendants, six have been declared in absentia by not showing on the judicial appointment, indicating the Prosecutor’s Office the search and imprisonment for one in all them.
Likewise, the Prosecutor’s Office has withdrawn the accusation in opposition to 20 of these talked about, who’ve left the room after the fees of which they have been accused have been withdrawn. On the opposite hand, 62 of the defendants, three of them at the moment in jail, have reached an settlement in accordance with the Prosecutor’s Office, acknowledging the information and agreeing to a sentence that might be publicly identified on the finish of the listening to.
Thus, as soon as the courtroom has been shaped and all events have been made conscious of the absences, withdrawal of expenses and conformity, the session has been adjourned till this Tuesday, the place the earlier problems with the case being judged might be offered, the completion of which is scheduled In precept, by the tip of June.
Operation Dismantle
It must be remembered that the operation that gave rise to this case, referred to as Dismantle, was carried out by the Civil Guard between February and September 2020, the date from which one of many two alleged leaders of the Castañas, who seems within the trigger as allegedly chargeable for sustaining contact with members of the legal buildings of Moroccan origin.
To this finish, the Anti-Drug Prosecutor’s Office, after serving two years in pretrial detention, requested final September an extension for his keep in jail till the trial for the alleged clan chief was held, alleging the dangerousness of the crimes, recidivism and the danger on the run
Due to the excessive variety of defendants, the Ministry of Justice, Local Administration and Public Function has tailored the listening to rooms of the Provincial Court of Algeciras, increasing the platform for protection within the listening to room on the primary ground, which can home the courtroom , prosecutors and attorneys of the totally different events in addition to nearly all of the defendants.
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