The Madrid Provincial Prosecutor's Office, on its own initiative, has opened criminal investigation proceedings on the neo-Nazi march that took place on Saturday in Madrid, in which homophobic and xenophobic screams were uttered.
The Public Ministry has already requested reports from the Provincial Information Brigade and the Government Delegation to collect information on whether what happened during the march called by the Madrid Seguro group to protest against "2030/2050 agendas" constitutes a crime of hate.
The Ministries of Equality and Social Rights have formalized their complaint to the Prosecutor's Office of the Hate and Discrimination Crime Chamber for these events and are asking that “photographs and image and sound recordings” be collected to verify what happened and identify those responsible.
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Equality will take the neo-Nazi march in Chueca against the LGTBI collective to the Prosecutor's Office
The demonstration toured the center of the capital and passed, among other places, through the Chueca neighborhood, the epicenter of the LGTBI movement.
During the tour, slogans such as "get rid of Madrid" or "get out of our neighborhoods" were heard.
The participants also carried signs against unaccompanied foreign minors.
The march was authorized by the Government Delegation and was requested by the San Blas-Canillejas Neighborhood Association.
In the request, they specified that the demonstration was encompassed under the slogan
Say no to Agendas 2030-2050
.
A spokesman for the Delegation specified that neither a Nazi march nor a homophobic demonstration was authorized.
The 2030 Agenda is the name by which the action protocol agreed by the UN is known to achieve the so-called Sustainable Development Goals, which include goals such as gender equality, the creation of cities with less pollution or water sanitation. reach all the countries of the world.
The vice presidency that Pablo Iglesias held included the tasks assigned to the Government.
It is now under the authority of Minister Ione Belarra.
During the march, which lasted around two hours, the participants lit flares, waved flags and carried banners with far-right symbols, showing their rejection of the LGTBI collective, unaccompanied minors and immigrants.
They also performed the fascist salute on numerous occasions.
During the tour there was a detainee for "assault on another protester."
The Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, had already announced that the Government would inform the Prosecutor's Office of the demonstration in which about 200 people participated. And it has finally presented it together with Social Rights, led by Belarra. Both are from United We Can.
In the complaint from the ministries, they point out that, although the call "was not expressly directed against groups discriminated against for reasons of race, origin, orientation or sexual identity" during the march, "offensive proclamations" were made against the LGTBI group, foreign people or sick with HIV. The participants made "apology for the Nazi regime, the highest historical symbol of genocidal practices and crimes against humanity," they indicate in the text. They add that these events are "ideal for disturbing the public peace and creating a serious feeling of insecurity or fear among members of the target groups of messages of hate and discrimination."
The PP, Ciudadanos, Vox, Más Madrid, PSOE, Podemos and IU condemned on Sunday the slogans that could be heard at the march.
The spokeswoman for the municipal government of Madrid and delegate of Security and Emergencies, Inmaculada Sanz, indicated in a ceremony this Sunday that the participants "are small groups of people completely alien to our value system."
"Madrid is not that, it is an open, supportive city that welcomes, that integrates the immigrant population and people of all sensitivities," he added.
Hate crimes have seen a big rebound.
In the first half of 2021, the police received 610 complaints, 9.3% more than in the same period in 2019, when there were no mobility restrictions.