The National Police imposes over 100 fines for solidary mobilizations with Patxi Ruiz
- These are fines of EUR 600 for participating in prohibited mobilizations or for allegedly failing to maintain security measures against the pandemic. They have denounced that some of the fines have been imposed on people who did not participate in the mobilisations. In one case, the police have confused the gender of the fine, a sign of arbitrariness.
The exact number of people who have been fined is still unknown, but at the moment they are more than 100, each of 600 euros (300€ if paid in the next 15 days). The fines relate to two mobilisations. Both were made in May, in solidarity with the prisoner of Chantrea origin Patxi Ruiz. The mobilizations were banned by the Government Delegation in Spain, despite the fact that they were carried out. According to the police, they did not respect the security measures established to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and the police said they were able to identify the people who participated in them.
However, according to sources of the popular movement of the Txantrea, some people were not participating in the mobilizations that have been carried out. For example, one of the people who was working at the time of the demonstration was fined by the Foral Police. However, the National Police has assured that it has "no doubt" that it was identified. Another noteworthy detail is that in one of the fines received by a neighbor from the Txantrea, the gender appears mixed. The police have identified the woman as a man, who has been arrested. These cases call into question the veracity of the fines or at least raise doubts as to the reliability of the identifications, since none of them was required to have the identity card.
In the Txantrea they continue to collect data and have announced that they will put in place dynamics to deal with the sanctions imposed.
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