The mobile phone of Francisco S., the far-right arrested as the alleged author of several attacks on left-wing party headquarters, has become his worst enemy. As the investigation progresses, the suspect finds himself more on the ropes. The investigators have thoroughly analyzed the content of the Samsung Galaxy J7 that he was using at the time of his arrest and have managed to collect numerous clues that, in the opinion of the Police, identify him as the individual who set fire and threw a Molotov cocktail against the local Podemos in Cartagena in April 2020; and as the person who destroyed the IU establishment in San Andrés del Rabanedo (León). The clothes and the calligraphy of the graffiti that he did have given him away, according to a police report incorporated into the case and to which EL PAÍS has had access.
According to the researchers, the members of these radical groups tend to record “this type of achievement” with their mobile phones, with the aim of “keeping them as a trophy and later boasting with other sympathizers of the same ideology.” In this way, the images and videos extracted from Francisco S.’s phone and which he kept with pride, according to the agents, now constitute one of the great pieces of evidence against him.
The relationship of the arrested person with attacks in various parts of the country, as well as the links of the detainee with fascist groups and his alleged participation in the riots that occurred in Murcia in 2020 against the curfew, is essential for Podemos. The party has denounced that behind these attacks there is a real “criminal organization”; that “it acts in various autonomous communities”; that “has the purpose of subverting the Rule of Law and the laws in force”; and that it has a “dangerous potential for action”. For this reason, the formation has requested that the National Court take over the investigation for the crime of terrorism of the extreme right. Although, the investigating judge has rejected it and her decision is appealed before the Provincial Court of Murcia.
Writing. The police report highlights that, after analyzing the graffiti drawn in the attacks on both venues, it is evident at “the naked eye” that they present a “similar spelling.” The agents focus their study on several letters —the “A”, “N”, “R”, “I”, “E” and “T”—, and emphasize that the writing of the graffiti on the Cartagena premises coincides with the of San Andres del Rabanedo. “On the A: once you draw the letter in one go, cross it with another line in another stroke, dividing it in half,” they exemplify.
The researchers also note that the “N”s were painted “with the same stroke” and putting “the start and end vertical lines at the same height.” Regarding the “I”, they explain that “they do not have a point in either of the two writings”. Of the “T”, they add: “Carried out in two strokes, appreciating how the upper horizontal line is slightly arched on its right side”. And about the “E” they extend more: “He makes them in three strokes. Start from the top, drawing a vertical line, and draw a horizontal and upper central line, the latter with an arched tendency. Also meaning that the central horizontal line ends with a characteristic line from bottom to top”.
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To reinforce the evidence, the police report provides two other photographs seized from the suspect on his mobile, where he is observed next to two separate graffiti drawn in other places and that present the same “so characteristic” calligraphic “typology”. These two graffiti read: “white pride” [Orgullo Blanco]; and “Your fucking dead, piggy”, next to a swastika. In the graffiti made at the IU headquarters in San Andrés del Rabanedo, in addition to including Nazi symbols, it read: “Murderer communists, baked, terrorist communists.”
Clothes. Francisco S.’s garments constitute another key element for the investigators, who have compared the clothing that was intervened on him with that used by the author of the attack on the headquarters of Podemos in Cartagena and the one that “he wore on the day” of the incidents in San Andrés de Rabanedo. In this line, the agents point out that the shoes used by the assailant of the Murcian premises coincide with those learned from the suspect.
“[Las zapatillas] they have been tinted to hide any incriminating links. Given that, in this type of extreme right-wing ideology, these individuals do not shed their clothes, since they are representative as if it were a uniform and are only used for acts of vandalism, events, meetings with other individuals of the same ideology… Said The shoes represent the supremacy of the white race over the black race, since the background is black and the three white stripes are on top of it, ”explains the police report.
The researchers also emphasize that the person under investigation wears the same shoes in other photographs – in one, for example, where he appears “walking a dog in León”. In turn, in a video extracted from his mobile, a man of “similar height and complexion” is observed next to the IU Leon premises: “The characteristic way of walking of Francisco S can be evidenced,” say the agents, who They emphasize that this individual wears pants identical to those that the accused wears in other intercepted images.
An audio. The report includes an audio where “you can hear, without any doubt, Francisco S. say to a third party”: “Holy shit, he tells me: ‘That’s loud, I didn’t expect that from you.’ And I tell him: ‘Hostias, in November I went out to burn down half the city because of the curfew’. The researchers link these words to the riots that took place in Murcia on the night of October 31 to November 1, 2020, when “about 60 people” protested against the curfew and “confronted the forces of the order, throwing objects at them and launching pyrotechnic rockets, as well as burning containers.”
“Racist and xenophobic motivation”. The Police are clear that the attacks of the investigated respond to a “racist and xenophobic motivation”. “The imputed crimes have been motivated by the hatred or racism that the alleged perpetrator of the acts feels towards people or groups that do not share his far-right ideology,” the agents explain about Francisco S., who kept up to 833 on his mobile phone. “fascist character” files: such as photos, symbols or music that attack minority groups. “In two images you can see his manifest hatred and animosity against the black race and the satisfaction that the corpses of the Jews produce in him.”
The agents provide more photographs of the investigated himself. In one, he is seen giving the Nazi salute. In another, he carries a knife and wears a T-shirt with the image of “Totenkopf” [Cabeza de Muerto], used as SS insignia. In addition, to show the “dangerousness” that the detainee entails, the police provide an image with “various bladed weapons and machetes” that were intervened in his house in Cartagena.
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