Moroccan stowaway dies after traveling five hours inside a suitcase – ElEspectador.com

Moroccan immigrant, 27, was found dead in a suitcase in the car of his brother, that made the crossing by boat from the Spanish town Melilla (northern Africa) to Almeria in southern Spain.

Authorities said the brother of the victim, 34, who has a French passport but is of Moroccan origin, was arrested .

boy died from suffocation inside the suitcase after a journey of more than five hours and high temperatures, said local authorities and police sources .

body was discovered by his brother when he returned to the car he had made the trip from Melilla to Almeria on the ship ‘Sorolla’, the company Trasmediterránea .

The vehicle owner and brother of the deceased, who was only identified by the initials of his name, AM, went down to the hold of the ship to disembark in the port of Almeria with his car, at which he warned that his brother was in the suitcase with symptoms of suffocation.

health services ship attempted to revive him and was later assisted by an ambulance in the dock, but had died .

Trasmediterránea Company sources reported that the hold of ships, as indicated by international standards, is always closed during the voyage and without access to any of the passengers traveling with your car, unless you need to collect forgot some personal items and inform the crew.

In this case, the passenger can get off from the decks to the garage accompanied by a crew member, a measure established safety procedures to which he did not appeal the brother of the stowaway, who went to collect his car when the ship was entering the port of Almeria and passengers were warned over loudspeakers for landing.

According to the Government Sub in Almería, Andrés García Lorca, illegal entry into Spain “is becoming increasingly difficult because the controls in the port and airport systems are more rigorous.”

He also said that during 2015 were detected in the port of this Andalusian city over 40 hidden in cars and trucks that arrive on boats stowaways, while last year were detected a total of 132.

The government delegate in Melilla, Abdelmalik The Barkani, defended the security checks that are performed on land, sea and air borders of the autonomous city to avoid cases like this.

“For many controls that do, there is always someone looking how twist the law and circumvent devices, “said El Barkani to questions from reporters.