The Civil Guard has detained two men for allegedly beating, robbing, and burning the car of an Alicante resident in the mountainous region of Fortuna (Murcia). They then left the car there and used his fingerprint to access his internet banking. The arrests came after over two months of inquiry, the military said in a statement released yesterday, Monday 10th March.
The two detained individuals, who are regarded as “dangerous criminals” and are 24 and 33 years old, are charged with robbery with violence and intimidation, fraud, injuries, and fire damage. This case’s investigation, which is a component of Operation Esfumados, started after the Guardia Civil received word that a burning car had been found in a remote portion of the Fortuna municipality in Murcia. It was found that the fire had been started on purpose after the firefighters put it out.
A resident of Alicante also filed a complaint with the Armed Institute, claiming to have been the victim of a violent robbery that ended when his attackers abandoned him in a mountainous area and fled in his car—the same car that had appeared to be burned in the Fortuna area. The chronology of the occurrences, which started when the complainant was in an Alicante recreation centre, was established thanks to the investigations. Following his conversations with two people, he consented to drive them home.
He suffered severe beatings.
They took him to a mountainous region in the municipality of Fortuna, where they brutally assaulted him in order to take a cell phone and 700 euros. They reportedly used his fingerprint to open his phone’s internet banking software and perform a number of transfers while he was still astonished. The wounded person walked to the village and requested assistance. After that, he was brought to the Morales Meseguer Hospital in Murcia, where he spent the night. Civil Guard investigators gathered footage from the Alicante property’s security cameras and recognised two people who matched the suspects’ physical attributes.
The Civil Guards were able to identify the two citizens of Fortuna who were allegedly missing as the accused attackers thanks to these hints and the remaining information they had gathered. Both were arrested as part of Operation Esfumados, which concluded after over two months of inquiry.
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