Six shootings recorded in less than two months in the city of Malaga have deepened the open wound between the City Council, led by Mayor ngeles Muoz (PP), and the Government of Pedro Sánchez. The mayor demands that the city be “a priority” for the National Police.
The Government's deputy delegate, Javier Salas, responded this Wednesday in a very harsh tone: he stated that Muoz's demonstrations are "unpresentable and unworthy" because the town is already a priority for the security forces. Both parties will meet at the Local Safety Board on April 25. "The latest events have different profiles and groups," explains an agent, who highlights that "they are unconnected events." Police sources attribute the large number of criminal groups settled in Marbella, their disputes over territory or merchandise and "the ease" with which the drug traffickers involved, who are usually between 20 and 30 years old, use their weapons to solve any problem. The Ministry of the Interior launched the so-called Marbella Plan last week in response to the spike in shootings in the town. The National Police indicated that between 30 and 40 new agents have arrived. The reinforcements will allow vehicle and person controls to be carried out in random places and times, such as in the scattered urbanizations that populate the surroundings of the urban area. The territory already has agents specialized in long and complex investigations, like the Drug and Organized Crime Unit (Udyco) and also the Response Group against Organized crime (Greco). Sources from these teams, who avoid entering into political controversies, assure that the ongoing investigations related to the six shootings in the last two months are advancing and that “all those involved will fall” sooner or later. In fact, two of the incidents have already led to arrests: three Swedish citizens have been accused of shooting a compatriot in the Nueva Andaluca district on February 10. Two other people have been arrested for their involvement in a shooting attack on a restaurant.