Court confirms sentence to first convicted in Spain for recruiting jihadists – Terra Mexico

The Spanish Supreme Court has confirmed the sentences of ten to twelve years in prison that the High Court imposed the first members of a jihadist cell in Spain sentenced for sending fighters to Syria for jihad eleven o’clock.

The Wretched operating in Ceuta, Spanish city in north Africa, in connection with another cell of Morocco.

The high court dismisses all convicted and ratified the sentences of twelve years in prison for Karim Abdeselam Mohamed and Ismail Abdellatif Al-Lal as leaders and ten to rest as active members .

In addition to the illegal possession of firearms to one of them, Rochdi Abdeselam, which was imposed a year and a half in prison more is confirmed.

According to the proven facts, the terrorist cell recruited and sent to Syria from 2012 until its disbandment by the police in 2013 to twenty ceutíes volunteers and Moroccans who arrived in Syria on scheduled flights after go through Turkey.

At least eight fighters were killed in suicide bombings and the first of displaced blew himself driving a truck loaded with explosives into a military barracks in Syria.

The High Court considered proven that among the activities performed by the eleven defendants were the recruitment and indoctrination of volunteers and arranging travel from Spain and Morocco to border Turkish cities with Syria .

From there the recruits went to training camps of the terrorist organization Islamic State (EI) and then to the armed struggle.

also monitored and controlled travel, financial assistance to widows and if necessary raising and sending money to the displaced, communicating deaths families.

In addition, spreading videos “acts of martyrdom” and attacks by the displaced and claimed by the EI.

The Supreme rejects the 45 grounds within the resources of those convicted, including the violation of fundamental rights such as the secrecy of communications.

The high court states that the wiretaps and information obtained from them “met all the requirements” to achieve probative value at trial.

It also rejects that had violated the right to effective judicial protection or the presumption of innocence of the appellants.