The Salto, after an investigation in collaboration with Direct, reveals the existence of another police officer infiltrated in social movements. The police concealed under the name of Sergio Botana, who infiltrated the movements of Madrid between 2015 and 2021. Sergio G. Its name is A. and belongs to the 2014 promotion of the Spanish Police.

In 2015 he began his participation in the food bank of the Moratal district of Madrid. There, District 14 contacted militants of the anti-fascist movement and entered the group in the spring of 2015. At first he suspected that Sergio was not from Moratal and lived in a house nobody knew on another street, with a person nobody knew.

The police participated in various activities such as the occupation of a headquarters of the Central Banchy of Madrid. He was also part of a group supporting the Catalan referendum on 1 October.

He relied heavily on some District 14 militants, with whom he maintained several years of sentimental relationship and shared apartment with him and others. These relations allowed him to participate in the Anti-Repressive Movement of Madrid (MAR). Thus, starting in 2019, he moved away from District 14 and dedicated himself to this movement until in February 2021, with the imprisonment of Pablo Hasel, "disappeared from the map."

Photographic comparison as the basis of the study

Sergio G. To conclude that A. was an infiltrated policeman, the fundamental basis has been the expert report that compared his four photographs. These are photographs taken at different times, two of real identity and two of militancy in context. The report concludes that "no doubt the photographs are one and one person."

The infiltrate explained that he worked in a company in Madrid with which they contacted and, according to him, Sergio did not work at that time. In addition, the police have participated in various races with their real name, and those who knew their false identity have known him in the photographs.

Movement reactions

Former District 14 members achieved a statement after the exclusive El Salto. "We must recognize that the rebellion against the corrupt world around us leads to the launch of a repressive machine." They stress the need for reflection and debate on "which organizational models are necessary to avoid or at least hinder infiltrations".

He has also read the Anti-Repressive Movement in Madrid. It highlights the "absolutely fascist" character of the Spanish State, by not allowing "any independent political expression and organization".

Sixth media research

This is the sixth case of the infiltrated policemen that Direct and El Salto have published since June 2022. The former was discovered in Catalan independence and in the housing movement. Since January 2023 they have come to ransom: in January the case of the police that was also present in the social movements of Barcelona and in the Errekaleor neighborhood of Vitoria became public, in February the case of the Valencian activism and in March the case of Madrid. This summer, in July, another case is announced in Girona.

In addition, Ama Represional Kontra has also announced in July this year a police officer infiltrated his team.