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'El Salto' publishes the case of a policeman infiltrated in Madrid
  • The police have participated in the social center La Animosa in Madrid and in environmental movements. This is the fourth case of infiltrated police officers published in recent months.
Irati Irazusta Jauregi 2023ko martxoaren 15

The journalist Ter GarcĂ­a de El Salto publishes the third case infiltrated by social and political movements. The police hiding behind the name of Mavi L.F. Initials of his real name M.V.C.S. have participated in the social center La Animosa in Madrid and in environmental groups. In May 2022 he passed the process of access to the status of Spanish Police officer.

M.V.C.S. For the first time he contacted the social center La Animosa via Instagram on November 5, 2022. He proposed to them a climate justice initiative and the social centre, for various reasons, did not accept the proposal.

The Animosa has a gym in the Hortaleza neighborhood and Mavi started going there. This is not the first time the police have used the gym to infiltrate the movements, but also in the cases of Barcelona and Valencia they contacted these open gyms. The members of the Hortaleza gym explain that suspicions quickly arose. In fact, he suddenly became interested in other downtown initiatives and moved very often to the gym. The police's ability to fight sports drew attention, although he said it was the first time he practiced.

The members of the center say they tried to maintain a close relationship with their peers. He also started to be with them in his spare time, and they found that some data he gave about him was fake. As a result, safety protocols were put in place.

The Extinction Rebelion also infiltrated the climate change movement in September. He appeared on the first two occasions in the open calls of the group. A member of the movement tells El Salto that he also participated in a meeting held at home. Mavi infiltrates the Vegetable Future group.

In the cases published so far, the members of the movements have indicated that the infiltrated police have a low political formation, which is one of the attitudes that raises the suspicion.

Change in the publication of infiltrated police cases

When La Direct opened the police case infiltrated in the social movements of Barcelona, M.V.C.S. He changed his mind, going to the gym in Hortaleza a couple of times more and did not participate in his acts with the same passion, as his colleagues in La Animosa say. In addition, he erased photos and social media profiles, using the Instagram account to first contact La Animosa.

The Direct has published three cases of policemen infiltrated by journalists’ investigations. The first opened in June last year, publicizing the identity of the Spanish police infiltrated in independence and the housing movement. In January 2023, he was also present in the social movements of Barcelona and in the Errekaleor neighborhood of Vitoria. And the police who infiltrated Valencian activism in February. With the latest publication of El Salto, four infiltrate cases have been made public.