Arrested a fugitive from the ‘Clan of the Hilarios’ hidden in a town in Zamora of 300 inhabitants | Spain

Agents of The Central Civil Guard Operating Unit (UCO) They have arrested Miguel Javier Gr, 47, alleged member of the one known as CLAN OF THE HILARIOS, When hiding in a small town in the province of Zamora, a hub of the land of wine, of 298 inhabitants, as reported on Thursday the Ministry of Interior. The now arrested was in an unknown whereabouts since 2023 to avoid complying with the sentence of 13 years in prison that the Provincial Court of Cáceres had imposed for crimes of drug trafficking, illicit possession of weapons and money laundering after having been arrested in 2015 within the Aquente operation, carried out by the Armed Institute in Extremadura and Castilla y León and Leon and in which 20 people were arrested criminal

He CLAN OF THE HILARIOS, To which the now arrested, acts for years in the western part of Spain, where he is related to drug trafficking and arms trafficking with Portugal, according to Civil Guard sources. Several members of this group have been involved so far this year in two events. The most serious took place in Plasencia (40,000 inhabitants, Cáceres), where in the early hours of Sunday, March 30, they allegedly participated In a shooting with a rival clan in which a two -year -old girl was dead after receiving a bullet impact. In addition, one of his main leaders, Ángel Benito Moreno – who now detained, who was married to his sister – It was evaded on February 14 of Villanubla prison (Valladolid)where he served a 28 -year prison sentence for drug trafficking, hidden in the duffel bag of an inmate who was released and is still in an unknown whereabouts.

The baptized as Operation Garcia that allowed the arrest Miguel Javier G. on March 13 – although interior had not informed of her until Thursday – was launched after justice dictated two years ago an order of search and capture after not appearing before the justice to fulfill the sentence for drug trafficking that had been imposed. The agents of the UCO Justice Equipment team focused on their surroundings in the face of the conviction that the flight « remained hidden using the coverage provided by members of their family clan » in some rural area of ​​ »little population. » Finally, it was located in the small Zamora town of Cube of Land of Wine, where one of his three children lived. There he hid with false identity and trying not to attract the attention of the neighbors, for which he maintained “a very low social profile,” the Civil Guard stands out in his note.

Once located, the UCO established a wide night device around the town to proceed with their arrest in view that the people have few inhabitants and that the presence of the agents could alert the fled, who had also adopted important security measures so that it has not been located. Despite this, the remarkable resistance that both he and his relatives offered – one of them came to punch the agents – the operation was successful and the escape was arrested when he tried to flee to the race, as seen in a video broadcast by the Armed Institute.