To el mourabitThe man of Moroccan nationality Arrested Tuesday in France for the murder of three farmers in Navarra and LleidaHe was arrested twice on board his truck in Spain for crimes of jihadism. One of the arrests occurred in 2016 and the other in 2019. The first time he was tried he ended up sentenced to three years in prison and the second was acquitted.
I am First detention In 2016 in Irún, GuipúzcoaHe produced when he returned to his Germany truck. The hypothesis that involved attempting with the vehicle as that summer in Nice had happened (France) Was what the first arrest fell. The second took place in 2019 in Pamplona, always in the truck that moved as an international carrier and also used as a home. This circumstance made him win the name “the jihadist truck driver”.
To the Mourabit he tried enlisted the ranks of the terrorist group It does so, In Syriafor which he traveled Türkiye Up to two occasions, in 2014 and 2016. On the last trip, it was expelled about 30 kilometers from the border with Syria and the authorities gave part to the Ministry of Spanish Foreign Affairs. During the trial held in 2018, after being asked of these trips, the accused justified them by stating that he was “on vacation”.
The prosecutor’s office initially asked to have been sentenced to 14 years and 3 months in prison for terrorist indoctrination and two transfer crimes in the terrorist area, but reduced his request to 9 and a half years After withdrawing one of the two positions. A trip to transfer to the terrorist area was excluded from the penalty not typed as crime until a year later, in 2015.
In the end he was sentenced to Three years in prison Due to the exaltation and the transfer to the terrorist territory to a provisional extent, a sanction from which the time spent in preliminary detention since December 2016 has been taken for granted. The Court has shown its adherence to Propaganda strategy by Dásh with his activity in social networks, from where he published very controversial messages: “Oh, brothers! The best publication is the video in which the enemies of the Islam“.
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The second time that sat on the bench, in 2020, had to face a 5 -year prosecutor’s request for indoctrination or an alternative penalty of 3 years due to the exaltation of the terrorism. Both under the accusation of having used social networks Spread propaganda Made by media producers related to terrorist groups jihadists.
During this second trial, his demanding attitude made him expel him from the Chamber after working with the President of the Court, Angela Murillo, when he used his right to the last word. “They are not judging a criminal activity, they are judging mine religion“It was the main defense topic of Allal.
In this case, the Court has not found sufficient evidence and decided absolute After considering that his activity was limited to the possession of a material that could be provided by the jihadist propaganda agencies. “It was not shown that the defendant was mainly dedicated to the validation of terrorist actions, in application of the principle In doubt for the accused -In the event of a doubt, it fails in favor of the prisoner, proceeds to fulfill “the accused, the magistrates have ruled.
