- The arrests have taken place in Navarre, Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia. The detainees had an organized network to transport immigrants from Africa to the French State, as reported by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.
The Civil Guard has arrested seven people in a joint police operation with the French Gendarmerie and Europol, which has resulted in two injuries. The Civil Guard has pointed out that the people who arrived on the Iberian Peninsula in North and West Africa were transferred mainly to Baiona and Bordeaux.
The detainees moved in "a well-organized network", in several groups, some of them in Navarre and Gipuzkoa, according to the Spanish Ministry of the Interior. Immigrants trying to cross the border were detected and offered transportation and surveillance, at a price they were required to pay. According to the study, some 60 trips have been made in the last two months, each with three or four displaced persons. The Foral Police has reported the seizure of mobiles, computers and documentation in several records made in homes of the localities of Urtasun and Irurita in Navarre.