Moreno pide al Gobierno que reactive la unidad de la Guardia Civil contra el narcotráfico

Juanma Moreno, the President of the Junta, has written a letter to the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, urging the reactivation of the elite Guardia Civil unit specialized in combating drug trafficking in Andalusia (OCON-Sur). The unit was disbanded four years ago. Moreno highlights the growing activity of drug mafias in various regions of the community and points out the lack of appropriate resources from the different security forces of the State to counter them.

The Junta of Andalusia reported on Sunday that Moreno expresses his "concern" regarding Andalusia becoming "a base of operations" for various drug clans and networks. He stresses that it is no longer a matter of a specific region, but the entire coast and parts of the interior are targeted by drug traffickers. Moreno recalls that a man was killed in Utrera (Seville) just last week due to a shootout, and three more individuals, including a pregnant woman, an 82-year-old man, and a minor, were also killed in Isla Cristina (Huelva) only a day later.

He also mentions the four Guardia Civil agents, David, Miguel Ángel, Germán, and Jerónimo, who were killed in Barbate and Huelva while serving their duties in the fight against this scourge. Moreno implores the Executive to reactivate OCON-Sur, the unit that had been operating in Andalusia specializing in the fight against drug trafficking before its dismantling four years ago. He emphasizes that this unit proved effective in containing these mafias while it was active.