From bidding for the first eel in La Arena to jail for trafficking with it
The businessman Delfín Jesús GM, the manager of the Soto del Barco company where the Civil Guard seized 50 kilos of fingerlings, enters prison
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De pujar por la primera angula en La Arena a la cárcel por traficar con ella | El Comercio: Diario de Asturias
El empresario Delfín Jesús G.
From bidding for the first eel in La Arena to jail for trafficking with it
The businessman Delfín Jesús GM, the manager of the Soto del Barco company where the Civil Guard seized 50 kilos of fingerlings, enters prison
Story by Olaya Suarez
Reported prison and without bail for Delfín Jesús GM for the illegal trafficking of eels from the industrial warehouse that he manages in Soto del Barco. The judge of First Instance of Pravia took into account the criminal reiteration to order his admission to the Asturias prison. The same businessman had already been arrested several years ago in the framework of another operation against the illegal sale of this protected species that, allegedly, he continued to export to China within the framework of a criminal group that operates internationally. The prosecutor’s office had requested the measure considering that there is a risk of flight and criminal repetition.
The other three arrested during the operation carried out by the Seprona central unit in Gijón, Soto del Barco and Castrillón, were released after giving a statement before the judge, without precautionary measures, but linked to the legal proceedings for the crimes of drug trafficking. protected species, smuggling, false documents and belonging to a criminal organization, without prejudice to the fact that this classification can be modified throughout the investigation. The case continues under summary secrecy.
As this newspaper has learned, more than fifty kilos of eels were seized from the Soto del Barco ship, presumably prepared to be sent to the Asian market despite the ban on exporting the species since the European Union included it in 2010. in the CITES agreement (Convention on international trade in endangered species and wild fauna and flora). In China, a kilo of eels can reach 7,500 euros, which has made the illegal sale of eels from Spain, and especially from Asturias, a real workhorse for the Civil Guard.