The audience sentences a woman from Vitoria to two years in jail who planned to travel with her four children to jihadist territory | Spain
The National Court has sentenced a neighbor of Vitoria, Verónica Antonieta Ramos to two years in prison, who planned to move with their four children to jihadist territory. The Court has considered proven that the woman experienced an intense radicalization process until assuming the « ideas, strategies and criminal purposes » of the self -denominated Islamic State (ISIS). As a result, he contacted several of its members and dedicated himself to distributing abundant propaganda of the terrorist organization through the Internet to “recruit” new members. In addition, according to the sentence, he wanted his children to become « Mujahideins » and, therefore, began to plan its transfer to the area controlled by the group.
“The defendant has a rigorist vision of Islam, sharing beliefs and thoughts about the Sharía In its most orthodox aspect (…) this extreme religious vision the distance of the western society in which it lives, whose value system does not share, while seeking the search for a private environment where the concept of medieval origin of the Muslim Brotherhood prevails ”, underlines the decision of the National Court, in line with the prosecution of the prosecution of the Prosecutor’s Office. undercover. initially asked for five years in jail for herhe reduced his request during the trial: he finally claimed two years in prison – the penalty decreed by the court, which also imposes a year of freedom monitored to the defendant.
Ramos was arrested in September 2023 In his house in the Vitorian neighborhood of Zabalgana, where he was covered by a Niqab, A veil that covers the entire face except his eyes. After months of investigation, the Civil Guard concluded that this mother, of Peruvian origin and with Spanish nationality, wanted to indoctrinate her four children – all men and, at the time of the arrest, of less than 12 years -, in addition to producing and spreading jihadist material. « It was proud through social networks to educate their children in the postulates of jihadist terrorism and their conviction to unite them to the organization, » said the armed institute in a statement.
“My children make jihad one day, Inshallah (« God willing »). I have four lions here”, Said Victoria Antonieta Ramos in one of the communications intercepted by the agents. During the judicial instruction, the Court of the Court also considered that there were indications that the woman encouraged her children to become » combatants « : that is, « in terrorists willing to kill, die and self -change ». But, at the end of the investigation, the Prosecutor’s Office determined that it did not have enough evidence to maintain this accusation in the oral hearing. Finally, the Court has condemned it for a crime of self -addiction. In the trial, Ramos recognized the imputations – except formed in military matters – expressed his « repentance » and resigned to continue supporting ISIS.
Thousands of jihadist videos
In the story of « proven facts », the magistrates affirm the following: « At the beginning of January 2023, the defendant administered on different platforms of social communication and messaging, profiles from which publications of a jihadist nature were carried out with the clear intention of disseminating an inciting message to perform the jihad. » He made terrorist propaganda on Facebook, YouTube, Tiktok … He was intervened numerous “sign of sign unequivocally” Radical: 92,216 images, 2,302 videos and 1,320 audios.
« He has accessed, discharged and stored multimedia material for his terrorist self -esteem, with the design of self -patient to be able to collaborate or intervene in future terrorist actions of the DAESH, » continues the sentence of the National Court, dated April 30. The Resacha resolution: « Ramos, in numerous conversations with individuals related to the DAESH, some of whom declares to be a member of the organization, expressed his intention to move to territory under the control of the Daesh with his children to become very much. » The ruling details that the woman looked for flights and itineraries. And, moreover, he sent « documentation from minors to a third » to move forward with their plans.
At the trial, the defense requested that Verónica Antonieta Ramos be sentenced to a single year in jail, having confessed and shown her regret. The case prosecutor himself explained that he also personally opted for that penalty, but that his superiors ordered him to ask for two years of seclusion. The Court opts, precisely, to impose those two years in prison, since she did not admit the facts until a few days before the trial. And another year of freedom is added. At this point, the magistrates remember that there are reports from the Civil Guard (prepared after their departure from provisional imprisonment) that open the door to have resumed contact with ISIS members.
