23-year-old master of a boat that took 14 people from Algeria to Alicante sentenced

He was found guilty of being the captain of a boat that took 14 people from Algeria to Alicante and now faces six years in jail. He is 23 years old.

Unfortunately, this is the end of the man who was found guilty of encouraging illegal immigration by the Provincial Court. He is also Algerian.

It was around 8:45 p.m. on August 1, 2024, when the six-meter-long boat arrived at a beach in Teulada. This is when the police caught it. It took off at midnight from the rough coast of Chef in Algeria.

According to the decision, the people on the boat paid about 2,500 euros for the trip to third parties who were not named but were in charge of planning it.

The court found that it was clear that the accused agreed to be the ship’s captain with the help of other people, “driven by the desire to obtain a financial advantage.”

Efe has seen the ruling, which says that the evidence given during the trial showed that this young man was steering the boat and was in charge of filling it up with petrol.

It was “unsuitable for the journey” because it was too small and didn’t have any safety or rescue equipment, the court said.

And there he talks about how dangerous the trip was: there were no tools to fix problems, no navigational lights, and no ways to talk to each other. There were also no ways to protect people from the wind or sun, even though there were lights and life jackets.

Up to ten drums of fuel were being moved on the boat, which is why the text thinks that this situation shows that there was a “evident risk to the health” of the foreigners who were going on it.