The murder of two civil guards, run over by a drug boat last Friday, has opened the debate on the participation of the Armed Forces in the fight against trafficking of drugs. The military already collaborates in the persecution of drug trafficking, but always in support of the security forces.
“The question is whether the Strait of Gibraltar has become the Horn of Africa, where the Navy commander can board pirate ships, use force, and detain the kidnappers without prior judicial intervention,” says the author.