Two detainees in Alicante for shooting a 21 -year -old, who is very serious | Spain
A 21 -year -old Irishman managed to walk from the house in which he had been shootingin the immediate vicinity of an leisure area located near the Zenia Boulevard shopping center of Orihuela Costa (Alicante). After being located, emergency services were alerted and was initially transferred to the Torrevieja hospital and, subsequently, to the General Hospital of Elche, in which it remains in a very serious state, although, in principle, their life is not in danger, they ensure knowledgeable sources of the case.
The investigation, carried out by the Civil Guard, led in just over a week to the arrest of two people, aged 27 and 45 and also with Irish passport, considered covering up and material author of the shot. Orihuela’s Court of Instruction number 2 has sent the latter to prison for an alleged crime of attempted homicide.
The events took place on May 13, according to the Civil Guard in a statement, in the coastal area of Orihuela (Alicante, 83,720 inhabitants), located between the municipalities of Torrevieja and Pilar de la Horadada and with a large population of foreign origin. For reasons that have not yet been determined, the two suspects unleashed a shot in the victim’s head. While the wounded went out with the intention of alerting his situation, the now arrested fled the place of the events, according to sources known to the case. During their escape they threw a bag to a nearby field, in which the weapon used in the shooting, a revolver, in addition to ammunition and the mobile phone of the victim, has corroborated the Civil Guard, was wrapped in a towel.
The Judicial Police Unit of the Armed Institute in Alicante and Pilar de la Horadada took over the investigation, together with the Criminalistics Laboratory of the Alicante Command. The discovery of the weapon, together with the statements of the direct witnesses and the surroundings of the victim and the analysis of the stage, led to the arrest last Thursday 22 of the two main suspects. The agents determined that one of them shot and the other is considered a cover -up of the crime. After paying for court, the first entered in provisional prison communicated and without bail and the second has been released with charges and is prohibited from leaving Spain.
The investigation is still open and the Civil Guard tries to find out what were the causes of the shooting and if there are more involved. Since the crime took place in southern Alicante, everything seems to indicate that it could be related to drug trafficking. The involvement of citizens of Irish origin in this type of operations in different municipalities of the Vega Baja region is usual. This same year, the historic drug boss John Gilligan was arrested, who is attributed The murder of the journalist Veronica Guerin, Although it has never been able to prove, and with properties in several municipalities of the border area between the coast of Alicante and Murcia, for its relationship with a laboratory specialized in the manufacture of Tusi or pink cocaine. And last February, Wayne PW’s trial, Irish citizen sentenced to six years in prison for the murder in Torrevieja of a compatriot whose body tried to hide in Rojales was held. Finally, in November 2024, another Irishman searched by the authorities of the Czech Republic for drug trafficking was arrested in Orihuela Costa.
