The National Police have arrested thirteen men and a woman in Gran Canaria aged between 19 and 45 years old, accused of being ‘in charge’ of seven boats that arrived on the island, including the one that transported the twins Awa and Alhassane D., aged 9 years old, one of whom died during the sailing from the west coast of Africa.
The 14 are accused of crimes against the rights of foreign citizens, and to these accusations are added six charges of reckless homicide, and in the case of three of the areested, for belonging to a criminal organization, as reported today (Wednesday) in an official press release from the General Directorate of Police.
