The six detainees, who defend their innocence, fell into contradictions during their statements before the judge. In their statements, the six crew members denied being on board the 12-meter-long drug boat that caused the tragedy.

Four of the accused confirmed that their drug boat had two antennas and, in fact, one of them admitted that it was the only one that had these characteristics of the six that were in that night the port of Barbate. All the detainees acknowledged that that night they were on board a boat with four outboard motors and that there was only one of these characteristics in the port.