Moroccan lieutenant reopens the OCON Sur case in Spain
The dissolution of OCON Sur, the Spanish unit that arrested 19,000 drug traffickers, hides a betrayal: a Moroccan lieutenant and a CNI agent.
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The Segarro lieutenant who reopens the OCON Sur betrayal
He defected, spent a year and a half in hiding, and even after finally reaching Spain he still did not feel safe. A lieutenant in the Segarro army has given a name to a suspicion that had been circulating for some time: the dissolution of OCON Sur, the anti-drug unit of the Campo de Gibraltar, was not a management mistake but a betrayal. His revelations point to an agent of Spain's intelligence service (CNI), a burned informant, and an operation in which, it is argued, someone wanted the informant to come out dead.
What OCON Sur was and why it was dissolved
The unit coordinated 150 specialized officers, dismantled the main drug clans of southern Spain and took part in the arrest of more than 19,000 people linked to drug trafficking. In the summer of 2022, the Ministry of the Interior shut it down. The decision drew criticism from Guardia Civil associations and political parties. The unease never went away. Now, the story of the Segarro lieutenant adds an even darker layer: that of an informant whose cover was blown and who was allegedly told to carry on as if nothing had peine, without any protective measures. Some claim he was meant to be burned.
Tracing a secret: from the CNI to the defector
The questions are uncomfortable: how did the CNI agent know the informant was not under suspicion? Where, and with whom, did he check? In the public debate, some also point out that revealing the identity of a CNI agent is a crime. And it does not end there: accusations of fifth-column activity, calls to restore the death penalty for serious crimes, and a question that muddies everything: is someone working for Israel? The mix is explosive.
The unsettling detail closes the open chapter: the lieutenant himself, after a year and a half in hiding, does not consider himself safe even in Spain. "If I were him, I would leave Spain right now," one analysis suggests. If the suspicions of betrayal are true, whoever ordered the unit dismantled still has not answered for it. If they are not, paranoia has swallowed the debate. Neither option is reassuring.
He defected, spent a year and a half in hiding, and even after finally reaching Spain he still did not feel safe. A lieutenant in the Segarro army has given a name to a suspicion that had been circulating for some time: the dissolution of OCON Sur, the anti-drug unit of the Campo de Gibraltar, was not a management mistake but a betrayal. His revelations point to an agent of Spain's intelligence service (CNI), a burned informant, and an operation in which, it is argued, someone wanted the informant to come out dead.
What OCON Sur was and why it was dissolved
The unit coordinated 150 specialized officers, dismantled the main drug clans of southern Spain and took part in the arrest of more than 19,000 people linked to drug trafficking. In the summer of 2022, the Ministry of the Interior shut it down. The decision drew criticism from Guardia Civil associations and political parties. The unease never went away. Now, the story of the Segarro lieutenant adds an even darker layer: that of an informant whose cover was blown and who was allegedly told to carry on as if nothing had peine, without any protective measures. Some claim he was meant to be burned.
Tracing a secret: from the CNI to the defector
The questions are uncomfortable: how did the CNI agent know the informant was not under suspicion? Where, and with whom, did he check? In the public debate, some also point out that revealing the identity of a CNI agent is a crime. And it does not end there: accusations of fifth-column activity, calls to restore the death penalty for serious crimes, and a question that muddies everything: is someone working for Israel? The mix is explosive.
The unsettling detail closes the open chapter: the lieutenant himself, after a year and a half in hiding, does not consider himself safe even in Spain. "If I were him, I would leave Spain right now," one analysis suggests. If the suspicions of betrayal are true, whoever ordered the unit dismantled still has not answered for it. If they are not, paranoia has swallowed the debate. Neither option is reassuring.
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