A multidisciplinary work team from the National Police took investigators to the place where “El Pastilla” was hiding, arrested yesterday afternoon in the German town of Leipzig. Investigators from the Fugitive Location Section had an investigation open through the ENFAST Network that placed him in German territory.
After an intense exchange of information in the field of international police cooperation and using the operational support provided by the ENFAST network for cases of serious and urgent fugitives, the investigation for the location and arrest of the fugitive known as ‘ ‘The Pastilla’.
At the national level, a joint work team was established with UDYCO-Ceuta, UDYCO-Algeciras and GRECO Campo de Gibraltar, in case the fugitive could be found in national territory, with the collaboration of the SIRENE Office of the International Cooperation Division.
The analysis that the investigators did with the analysis of the escape and the itinerary followed by the fugitive after the escape from the penitentiary center, allowed the opening of an international line of investigation into the possible whereabouts of the fugitive in the city of Montpellier. This line of investigation made it possible to contact FAST France, with whom verification work was started on a possible stay in the French country.
However, the investigation led to Germany where, in collaboration with FAST-Germany of the BKA, information was captured that “El Pastilla” was sheltered by a family in Cologne.
A person similar to the fugitive was seen by a closed-circuit television camera near the home, but his identity was not certain. After carrying out facial comparison checks against ABIS with the General Scientific Police Station-Physionomic Group, positive verification was obtained that it was the fugitive.
For this reason, the fugitives’ counterparts in Germany were requested to pay maximum attention to the possible movements of this person and his surroundings, establishing an alert regarding him, which led to his arrest yesterday afternoon near Leipzig station. When he was detected, he could not be identified, proving that it was the same person when performing the fingerprint comparison.