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Legal dispute over Torrevieja’s police leadership

Alejandro Morer’s appointment as the local police force’s general director has been challenged by Vicente Gutiérrez, the commissioner of the Torrevieja Local Police.

According to Gutiérrez, it is unlawful for Mayor Eduardo Dolón (PP) to have appointed Morer directly without holding a public call or a formal selection procedure.

Morer was Deputy Chief of Police until January 31st. In his current role, he is above the commissioner and serves as a bridge between professional and political leadership.

According to the appeal, Morer’s appointment was made public only after the governing council gave its consent, and it was granted without an open competition, which is against the law’s norms of contracting.

Article 34 of the new municipal organic code, which permits an official from subgroup A2, like Morer, to unusually take on a post often reserved for A1 officials provided they exhibit competence and experience, is expressly challenged by Gutiérrez.

Since national legislation only permits A1 officials or non-officials to occupy such posts, Gutiérrez contends that this goes against the normative hierarchy concept. Torrevieja’s rules, which include A2 officials, are in conflict with higher-level laws, resulting in what Gutiérrez refers to as a legal fraud.

He asserts that the regulation is an abuse of power and was created expressly to support Morer’s direct appointment.

The appeal also challenges the lack of openness, arguing that by moving forward without adequate public notice, the nomination process infringed upon the fundamental values of equality, merit, and ability. However, the Torrevieja municipal government contends that the direct appointment was justified because the job was freshly formed and unoccupied.

Federico Alarcón, a member of the Security Council, acknowledged the appeal but denied its merit, adding that the case is likely to be rejected by the same legal team that authorised the nomination.

It was disclosed that the job was offered to Gutierrez twice before going to Morer. Additionally, the government contends that when the regulation was initially released in September 2024, Gutierrez did not contest it.

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Together with the US Container Security Initiative, the Guardia Civil and the Tax Agency found 21 high-end cars that were stolen in the U.S. and were on their way to Africa in the port of Valencia. The cars, which were worth a total of €1.1 million, were reported stolen and were being moved in containers.

The cars were stolen in the U.S. and were on their way to different places in Africa, stopping in Valencia’s port. Risk analysis units made up of Guardia Civil and Tax Agency officers were able to find several packages that might not have had the goods that were claimed to have been inside.

With the help of the information gathered, it was confirmed that stolen cars that had been in Valencia on their way to the United States had actually arrived. The groups that ship stolen cars either traded legally declared cars for stolen ones or directly declared the stolen cars as other goods, like furniture or mattresses.

In the past few weeks, 21 vehicles have been found and will be sent back to their home countries to be given to their original owners.

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14 immigrants were saved on a boat 45 miles off the coast of Alicante

On Wednesday, 2nd April, the Maritime Rescue ship Salvamar Leo saved 14 immigrants who were travelling in a boat about 45 miles from Alicante.

In the middle of the afternoon on Wednesday, Maritime Rescue sent out its Helimer 223 helicopter and the Salvamar Leo, which is based in Alicante, to save the people on a small boat.

Their journey began on the Salvamar Leo, which took them to the Temporary Assistance Centre for Foreigners in the port of Alicante. There, the Red Cross took care of them.

The Red Cross says that all of the refugees they saved were men, and two of them were younger than 15 years old. They were all healthy after being treated.

The National Police took over the refugees after getting help from the Red Cross. They are now trying to find the boat’s captain so they can arrest him, as is normal in these situations.

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Dénia wrestler arrested in connection with a network that smuggled 300 kilos of cocaine from Ecuador

The National Police’s Drugs and Organised Crime Unit arrested a famous mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter from Dénia. He was part of a gang that was partly broken up in August over a shipment of 300 kg of cocaine from Ecuador that came into the port of Valencia. The fighter from Dénia is one of five people who were caught by police. Along with nine other gang members who were already in jail at the time, they are now in jail.

The man who was arrested in Dénia is thought to be the trusted man of the gang’s leader, who is also an MMA fighter, and the person who is said to have worked as a go-between in the operation.

Levante-EMV also says that the broken-down network is linked to another shipment of 490 kg of cocaine that came into the port of Valencia in April of last year.

The five people who were just caught went before Valencia’s Investigative Court No. 20 yesterday, April 3rd.