Eight Spanish soldiers arrested on his return from the front of … – Terra Peru

Eight Spanish soldiers arrested on his return from the front of … – Terra Peru

Eight Spaniards who went to fight alongside the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine were arrested Friday on his return to his country, accused of complicity in murder, in an unprecedented operation in Europe, said the Spanish police.

The operation, dubbed “Danko” and conducted simultaneously at dawn in six Spanish regions, these men looked upon his return from the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine, about 3,000 km from Spain.

The eight had joined the ranks of the pro-Russian separatists for months.

In Kiev, about 30,000 foreign fighters were enrolled in the conflict, including many Russians and other men from the former Soviet republics, but also “mercenaries from Israel, Serbia, Spain, Italy and Brazil.”

Others, about a thousand, also support Kiev on the ground, according to the Ukrainian army.

These eight Spaniards were inspired by the thousands of foreign fighters of the international brigades they signed against Franco’s troops during the Spanish civil war (1936-1939), according to a source close to the investigation.

From left extreme, some had boasted of their employment and in August 2014 in the Spanish media.

“They all joined the pro-Russian separatist groups in the side fighting for the independence of the Ukrainian regions of Lugansk and Donetsk,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

“These arrests sadden me,” he told AFP in Donetsk Pushilin Denis, a separatist responsible. “I think we will demand explanations from Spain by this incident, there are many volunteers in our ranks, from most of Russia, but also representatives of Spain, Italy, France (…) is the first time they have problems this kind, “he said.

While in Ukraine” disseminated through social networks your workout, displaying paramilitary uniforms, assault rifles, devices and explosive devices, demonstrating in favor of armed struggle violent secessionist, “the ministry.

The arrests took place in Asturias (northern), the region of Navarra, Catalonia (northeast), Extremadura (west), Madrid and Murcia (southeast).

The detainees are suspected of “possession of weapons of war”, “cooperation or complicity in murder” and “violation of neutrality” of the Spanish state in this conflict, all crimes that can be tried, he said a source close to the investigation stressed that the videos would serve as proof source.

In a video posted on the Internet, “Maki” 27, one of the men arrested on Friday, is trained with a rifle AK- 47, showing a bracelet with colors-yellow, red and purple- the Spanish Republican flag.

Together with other Spanish, “Zidan” 22, had given an interview to the Spanish private television channel La Sexta for an explanation.

“The United States is trying cause the third (world war) against Russia here, “said the second, a native of Murcia, showing his tattoos on his torso. Lenin right and Stalin left

” I’m an only child and my mother, my father and my family really hurts, they also know that I need to be happy to help people, “he added.

According to an article in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, published in August 2014, these two Spaniards came from the Communist Youth.

“In the conflict in which the detainees were involved, there are hundreds of dead civilians, most of Ukrainian nationality” recalls meanwhile underlining the Spanish police it is “the first police operation conducted in Europe against the activities of foreign fighters in the Ukrainian conflict.” The conflict left more than 5,800 dead in ten months