Members of Spain's Neo-Nazi Núcleo Nacional Accused of Training in Ukraine for an 'Armed Uprising': 14 Arrested
Members of the Spanish neo-Nazi group Núcleo Nacional received paramilitary training in Ukraine last August and planned an “armed uprising” in Spain, according to a summary of the investigation by Gijón's Court of Instruction No. 1, accessed by the newspaper El País and reported on November 10. The judicial documents say active affiliates traveled to Ukraine, made contact with the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade of Ukraine's National Guard, and trained with bulletproof vests and AK-47 rifles; members also handled pistols and rifles without a license.
Investigators believe the men were in Kyiv, in a town about 20 kilometers from the Russian border, and at a military camp. Two of the travelers have been identified; one was arrested in Alicante and the other in Burgos. In a call intercepted on August 12, one member said an uprising would fail without training. The summary says those who traveled intended to pass what they learned to the group's members across Spain.
On November 6, Spain's National Police arrested 14 members of the group in a coordinated operation across seven provinces, carrying out ten searches including the group's Madrid headquarters. Those arrested include spokesman Iván Rico, leading figure Isabel Peralta and veteran leader Enrique Lemus. Police asked the court to advance the arrests because the group had called a demonstration in Madrid's Plaza de España for November 7. The 14 are under investigation for suspected incitement to hatred, unlawful association and illegal possession of weapons. On November 8, the Gijón court released ten of them under conditions: they surrendered their passports, may not leave Spain and must report to court every Friday. The investigation remains open and the allegations have not been proven in court.
The inquiry grew out of disturbances in February near a school in Gijón, where several young people reported being assaulted; proceedings opened by the juvenile prosecutor's office were later extended to other localities.
Source: El País
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Photo: 图：西班牙阿斯图里亚斯的希洪港（资料图），主审此案的法院位于希洪。图：Bafpg，CC BY-SA 4.0，经维基共享资源 / The port of Gijón in Asturias, Spain (file photo); the court leading the investigation sits in Gijón. Photo by Bafpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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