At least
two civil guards
died after being run over this Friday night by a
drug trafficking boat
in the port of Barbate, near Cádiz, in southwestern Spain.
In addition, there is one officer seriously injured and another with minor injuries.
"A painful goodbye to our colleagues who died today in the line of duty when their boat was suddenly hit by a
drug boat
in the Port of Barbate," the Civil Guard communicated, in an official statement in which they sent condolences to families and friends of the fatalities.
Several videos circulated on social networks of the moment in which the occupants of the narco-boats - powerful vessels - performed spinning and other skills in an illegal exhibition, west of the Strait of Gibraltar.
The boats were chasing each other at high speed, in the middle of the waves, when the authorities appeared.
In their boat, more modest than the rest, the civil guards tried to stop the situation.
First they were mocked, in front of dozens of witnesses who in their boats followed the chase as if it were a day of bullfighters.
Then they were hit by another boat.
The two fatal victims were divers, reported the newspaper
El Mundo
.
At least two civil guards were killed by a drug boat in southern Spain.
"That's the Police, and with a shitty boat
, with what they have here, they don't have anything else," is the comment heard from a witness.
The Unified Association of Civil Guards (AUGC) "deeply regretted these tragic events" on the social network
From that entity they released a harsh document in which they demanded
the "immediate" resignation of Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez, Minister of the Interior
.
"AUGC will appear as a popular accusation in the judicial procedure. To find out who gave the order to carry out this operation with these means and what measures will be taken," the association expressed.
Regarding the minister, they pointed to "abandonment and the terrible management of citizen security in Campo de Gibraltar."
They recalled a phrase that the official said in the last hours, in which he declared the place as "safer", and reiterated: "Marlaska cannot continue leading the Interior any longer."
The Bay of Cádiz is a regular scene of drug seizures by customs agents and Spanish law enforcement agencies.
Spain is one of the European drug import routes, and the Andalusia region, due to its proximity to Morocco where cannabis resin is produced, is one of the gateways for the drug.
With information from AFP