Twelve years after Islamist attacks in Madrid, which killed 191 people and 1,600 wounded, Spain is on alert against the threat of jihadist terrorism, which has among its objectives to Europe, where he has performed with greater intensity, with new methodologies and high uptake capacity.
the year 2015 was the hatching of the terrorist organization Islamic State (EI), but in Spain, on March 11, 2004 occurred the bloodiest in Europe, with the explosion of 10 bombs on four commuter trains in Madrid terrorist action.
These attacks surprised the Spanish security forces, focused hitherto on combating terrorism of ETA, and he forced them to turn their attention to international terrorism of Islamic origin.
According to the Ministry of Interior, since the attacks of 11-M, have been arrested in Spain to 616 people in 153 operations, plus collaborate in 36 arrests made in other countries.
most of the detainees were related to cell recruitment and radicalization and some experts say the fight against terrorism, would have been willing to act not to be caught.
in prison, they fall under a specific policy surveillance to prevent attacks or perform work plan indoctrination other prisoners. One of the objectives of the Spanish security forces is to cut the flow of people leaving to join the EI and fight in conflict zones such as Syria and Iraq.
According to sources in the fight against terrorism around 130 fighters have left Spain for this purpose, because the jihadi terrorism has become a global phenomenon, which since last year with intensity plaguing Europe.
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After the attacks of 2004 in Madrid and London 2005, 10 years after all the alarms were lit when jihadism showed in France mostly cruelty and its new forms and methods, after the attacks in Paris last November, which caused 130 deaths.
experts acknowledge that there was shown that the lone wolf and “craft” attack gave way to a much more organized and planned terrorism. In addition, it is increasingly associated with criminal activities such as trafficking in drugs, weapons or stolen works of art.
Analysts recognize that in the last year and a half in Spain has intensified surveillance focus of jihadist recruitment and radicalization, especially on the Internet. Ensure that areas remain concerned are Ceuta and Melilla, Spanish cities in North Africa, as well as Madrid and Barcelona.
The jihadist terrorism is perceived as the main threat to Spain, according to a survey Real Elcano Institute, a group of international studies and Strategic published in January.
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