La Sagra: Madrid's southern belt spirals out of control

La Sagra: chronicle of an industrial belt on fire

More than 89,000 empty homes in the province of Toledo, mass brawls between clans, squats cleared with Molotov cocktails and illegal races with 500 tuned cars. The La Sagra district, once an industrial promise south of Madrid, has accumulated a series of incidents that paint a picture of degradation and institutional neglect.

A relentless string of incidents

Since mid-2023, the area has seen a brawl in Fuensalida that left two seriously injured, one of whom lost an eye, and the arrest of two young men accused of 15 robberies. In Villaluenga, a resident barricaded himself with Molotov cocktails to avoid eviction. In Yeles, a truck fatally ran over a person riding a scooter. Marijuana plantations are multiplying: in Alameda de la Sagra, a police operation dismantled an illegal crop; Naturgy warned of electricity fraud linked to these plantations.

Violence also reaches the classroom: a high school teacher in Seseña was attacked by the headmaster at the school gates. And in Borox, an illegal race drew 500 vehicles, whose participants threw flares and fire extinguishers at the Guardia Civil.

89,000 empty homes: the breeding ground

The figure of nearly 89,000 empty homes in the province of Toledo, published by La Tribuna in July 2023, explains much of the problem. Squatting has become chronic: in Fuensalida, neighbourhood collaboration allowed the recovery of occupied homes, but in Segarro a squatter climbed the façade to reoccupy a house and attacked the current tenant. Cubas de la Sagra town hall has had to reinforce street cleaning services and ask residents for more civic responsibility.

Justice, at rock bottom

Arrests do not seem to deter. In a single month, two drug sales points were shut down, bladed weapons were seized and a man was arrested for 16 robberies from parked vans. But incidents repeat: a knife robbery at a lingerie shop in Fuensalida, a railway theft with three arrests, scams worth 1.7 million with fake hams. The sense of impunity grows, fuelled by ironic comments: "So far from God and so close to the ethnicity".

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What no official report clarifies is why, with such a concentration of crimes, the police and judicial response remains so lukewarm. La Sagra is burning, but no one seems willing to put out the fire.

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