Two civil guards have been killed by a drug trafficker in southern Spain

At least two civil guards died after being hit this Friday evening by a drug ship in the port of Barbate, near Cadiz, in southwestern Spain. Furthermore, there is one officer seriously injured and another with minor injuries.

“A painful farewell to our colleagues who died in the line of duty today when their vessel was suddenly hit by a narcolancha in the port of Barbate”, the Guardia Civil announced in an official statement in which it sent its condolences to the families and friends of the fatal victims.

Several videos circulated on social networks of the moment the occupants of the narco-boats – powerful vessels – performed spinning and other skills in an illegal performance, west of the Strait of Gibraltar. The boats were chasing each other at great speed, in the middle of the waves, when the authorities appeared.

In their boat, more modest than the others, the civil guards tried to stop the situation. First they were mocked, in front of dozens of witnesses who followed the chase on their boats as if it were a day of bullfighters. Then they were hit by another boat. The two victims were divers, the newspaper reports The world.

“That’s the Police, and with a shitty boat“With what they have here, they have nothing else”, is the comment heard from a witness.

The Unified Association of the Civil Guard (AUGC) “deeply regrets these tragic events” on the social network. From that entity they released a harsh document in which they stated the “immediate” resignation of Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez, Minister of the Interior.

“The AUGC will appear as a popular accusation in the judicial proceedings. To find out who gave the order to carry out this operation by these means and what measures will be taken,” the association said.

As for the minister, they highlighted “the abandonment and the terrible management of citizen safety in Campo de Gibraltar”. They recalled a sentence uttered by the official in the last few hours, in which he declared the place “safer”, and reiterated: “Marlaska can no longer continue to lead the Interior”.

The Bay of Cadiz is the usual scene of drug seizures by Spanish customs agents and law enforcement agencies.

Spain is one of the European drug import routes and the Andalusia region, thanks to its proximity to Morocco, where cannabis resin is produced, is one of the drug’s gateways.