A new 'Alsasua case' in Castro Urdiales: five civil guards attacked shouting "fucking picoletos. You are dogs. We are going to burst you"

In a situation similar to that of Alsasua, the guards received a beating shouting “Zipayos”, a term used by the nationalist left to address the Security Forces in a derogatory tone.. This time it was not in Navarra. This time it was not in Alsasua, where two guards and their partners were beaten in 2016 after being identified as agents. On this occasion, the radicals crossed the Cantabrian border and messed it up again in Castro Urdiales. There, a group of five civil guards and a national police officer, who were returning to the barracks after a Christmas dinner, were cornered and beaten shouting “Zipayos” after being identified as agents by one of the aggressors.

According to the proceedings to which EL MUNDO has had access, on December 16, at five in the morning, the Civil Guard received a notice of the attack on five officers who were off duty.. Those attacked demanded medical attention (at least one of them has a broken jaw and another has a broken nasal septum).. Another of them was bleeding profusely from the head, according to the proceedings.. The five were treated by the doctor on duty, who referred two of them to the hospital.

The Civil Guard sent agents to the area to investigate the attackers and look for witnesses.. Attacked people and witnesses reported that the attackers had left a premises on Belén Street, in Castro Urdiales.

In the attack, “a tool was used as a weapon”. The initial investigations by the Civil Guard identify two young people, one from Sestao and the other from Portugalete, as part of the group that participated in the beating.. The two “actively resisted their arrest and the agents had to use force to reduce and shackle them.”. “In a firm, stubborn and contumacious manner”, the alleged aggressors continued to resist being placed in the Civil Guard car.. During the search, an eight-centimeter knife was seized on one of the detainees.

One of the attacked guards explained that when they were returning along Siglo XXI Street, “a group of people who apparently recognized some of the agents as civil guards, began to utter insults and threats: “fucking picoletos, you are fucking dogs.”. “We're going to blow you up.”

One of the attackers returned to the bar where he had left and returned to the place accompanied by another group of “friends.”. At that moment “he felt a very strong impact on his face, possibly with some blunt object,” which caused him to lose consciousness.

Another of the agents explained that initially the threats came from a group of five individuals who were later joined by another seven.

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Another of those attacked was a national police officer, who was with the civil guards.. “A group of people come out to meet us – without being able to determine the exact number – who begin to insult and threaten the Civil Guard agents: pillocks, sons of bitches, snitches, dogs,” he said.. The agents initially tried to calm the members of that group, effectively identifying themselves as civil guards.. The situation initially calmed down and they continued their march.. The police officer left the group on the way home but began to hear cries for help where the verbal attack occurred.. He retraced his steps. He observed “a large black person hitting the guards while they tried to subdue him.”

He saw one of the guards a few meters away, bloodied and semi-conscious, “and several people fleeing the scene.”. One of the guards had to leave the area in a state of “confusion after being hit hard with the buckle of a large belt.”. Finally, the aggressor managed to be arrested.

The detainees, after giving statements, were released. The association of civil guards Jucil believes that the Court of Castro Urdiales sends a wrong message to society by releasing the aggressors of the civil guards with charges and in this situation. The association will appear as a popular accusation, thus strengthening the legal defense of the attacked members.. He will ask for “the maximum penalty for the aggressors and the corresponding compensation for the injuries suffered in a hate crime and attack against authority.”