The judge sends the Mataró extremist who instigated the Torre Pacheco "hunt" to prison.

BarcelonaMeasures exemplary for the ultra accused of inciting social networks Hunt against the North African community in the Murcian town of Torre PachecoThe judge on duty has sent Christian LF, the leader of the xenophobic supremacist movement, to preventive detention. Sport Them Now The High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) reported this Thursday. The judge of Mataró's first investigating court has ordered the detention of the accused without bail. to the 28-year-old, who is charged with inciting hatred, belonging to an illicit association for committing a discriminatory crime, and illegal possession of weapons.

In her report, the judge notes that the calls for mobilization that the suspect made through social media facilitated a "climate of violence, hostility, or discrimination based on racist motives" against the residents of Torre Pacheco of Maghreb origin, and refers to the "suitability" for "it." Furthermore, she also indicates that just as social media amplified his message in order to reach more people, it also makes it easier to conceal the crime. The judge has also announced that she will recuse herself so that the 4th investigating court of San Javier, in Murcia, can continue with the proceedings.

When police entered the suspect's home on July 15, they seized, among other items, a Gamo carbine with a telescopic sight and holster, a Nex Police blank-firing pistol, a CR-002BA crossbow with three bullets, and an Elite-Force 118 electric defense. In neither case did the suspect have the required license or administrative authorization to possess these weapons, which, according to the judge, are "habitually possessed" by people linked to "extremist or radical groups in order to use them for defensive or offensive purposes in confrontations or disturbances with other groups with an extremist ideology."

Although the detainee, a Spanish national, has been licensed as a security guard since 2021 and as a private bodyguard since this year, he was not currently employed by any company to perform bodyguard duties. He even applied for administrative technician positions at the Catalan Mas de Enric penitentiary in Tarragona, but they didn't accept him after failing the personal interview.

He says he "regrets" it.

Cristian LF expressed his regret before the judge this Thursday for having called for a "hunt" against North Africans, asking for forgiveness, and claiming that he acted in a "fit" when he learned that a pensioner had been attacked, according to his defense in youth court. He committed a hate crime, that "taking justice into his own hands" was not right, and that he realized the "atrocity" he had committed. Also, according to his defense, he requested access to his social media accounts to correct his messages and call for coexistence and peace. He maintains that the judge's reasons for ordering preventive detention are the "social alarm" generated, as he believes the magistrate wanted to give an "exemplary lesson" so that there are no more calls like his, "so damaging to coexistence." The detainee also asserted that Deport Them Now has no partner, a crime of criminal association.

Although the Murcian town of Torre Pacheco is returning to normal after the riots of recent days, the Spanish government delegate in Murcia, Mariola Guevara, has announced that a security operation with the police will be maintained. "The town of Torre Pacheco will return to normality, peace, and coexistence, but nevertheless, we maintain all the efforts deployed here for any other scenario that may arise," she adds.