Isco Tejón, one of the leaders of Los Castañas, shot after a fight at the Los Barrios fair

The National Police of La Línea de la Concepción maintains an investigation open to clarify the shooting that occurred around 6:15 p.m. this Thursday on Avenida del Burgo in the municipality of Línea. In this incident, two people were injured who received the impact of bullets in the legs. One of them is Francisco 'Isco' Tejón, leader of the Los Castañas drug trafficking clan and Antonio's brother, who is in prison.

The events that led to the shooting began at the Los Barrios fair that is held these days in the Campo Gibraltar town. At around half past four in the morning, according to sources consulted by EL MUNDO, a fight broke out in one of the booths that ended, in principle, with the intervention of security forces and the Police. So far everything seemed like one more incident of the holidays.

However, one of those involved in the brawl was Isco Tejón and the other one of his trusted men. A 34-year-old citizen of Moroccan origin. When they left for La Línea, where they live, they were followed and once they tried to access their home, they were shot at from a vehicle.

Isco was injured in a calf and his companion also suffered leg injuries. They were transferred to a health center, although it is unknown if in the Campo de Gibraltar region or outside of it, and the alleged perpetrator of the events, already identified, is unaccounted for since when the Police became aware of the incident, they went to the address where he resides, but he had already abandoned it.

For the moment, the aforementioned sources have indicated that all lines of investigation remain open and no hypothesis is ruled out.. Some point to a possible event that occurred a few days ago and that would be related to relatives of the alleged perpetrator of the shots.. Others also advocate a fight over issues related to money and drugs.

In any case, the police officers hope that tranquility will be the predominant note in the coming days, although some sectors understand that this may cause some commotion among the drug networks and that some may try to take justice on their own.

trial and trouble

Last Monday, in the Algeciras Section of the Provincial Court, the macro-case against the Los Castañas clan, which had been suspended a few weeks ago, was resumed.. In principle there were more than 150 defendants, including Antonio Tejón, of which almost half have already reached agreements in accordance with the Public Ministry.

The circumstance occurs, casual or not, that when the hearing began, several incidents took place in different towns of the Bahía de Algeciras arch. In Los Barrios there was a shooting in which a well-known drug trafficker from Ceuta died, while in Guadiaro, a neighborhood located in San Roque, a man broke into a bar with an axe, injuring several people.

For the moment, according to the sources cited above, it is hoped that the author of the shots will be located shortly and from there determine the reasons for the incident that has caused some concern among the State Security Corps and Forces that, In any case, they do not fear a revolt between drug traffickers, although security measures will be adopted depending on the needs.

Isco Tejón is free since in the macro-trial that has been taking place for more than a month, he is not accused, although he has other pending cases with the Justice.

All this, in addition, while they continue the requests by the police unions, the citizen platform For Your Safety for Everyone and the most recent of the Government Council of the Junta de Andalucía, for the Executive of Pedro Sánchez to declare the Camp of Gibraltar as a Zone of Special Singularity given the complexity of the work carried out in it by the agents of the National Police, Civil Guard or Customs Surveillance, without forgetting the officials of the administration of justice, encompassing all segments, or those of prisons.

For the moment, the Minister of the Interior, Grande Marlaska, had announced it on several occasions, but he did not carry it out and meanwhile, as the president of the Alternatives Coordinator for the fight against drugs, Francisco Mena, reminds time and again, ” Anyone who thinks that drug trafficking has ended here because of the latest police actions is very wrong, this continues”.