Spanish police operation dismantles Núcleo Nacional: 14 arrested and over 20 firearms seized
Spanish National Police arrested 14 members of the far-right supremacist group Núcleo Nacional across seven provinces. A judge ordered the total closure of the organisation.
Judge orders closure of Núcleo Nacional following operation with 14 arrests and weapons arsenal
Spain's National Police arrested 14 members of the far-right organisation Núcleo Nacional in a coordinated nationwide operation, according to es.le360.ma. The judge overseeing the case ordered the complete cessation of the group's activities and the closure of its premises.
The police operation spanned seven provinces: five arrests in Madrid, two in Valladolid, three in Asturias and one in each of the provinces of Guadalajara, Pontevedra, Burgos and Alicante. Officers also executed 12 house searches, including one at the organisation's central headquarters in Madrid.
During the raids, police seized more than twenty firearms, a large quantity of ammunition, bladed weapons, tasers, extendable batons, shields—one of them tactical—and numerous blunt instruments. Among the confiscated material were also items linked to radical supremacist ideology.
Spanish newspaper El País revealed that in the home of Isabel Peralta, spokesperson for Núcleo Nacional, 13 long-barrelled weapons were found—ten rifles and three shotguns—three pistols, around ten boxes of ammunition and, according to the court file accessed by the newspaper, an oath to Adolf Hitler.
The detainees face alleged charges of illicit association and hatred against vulnerable groups and persons with opposing ideology. The judge also imposed precautionary measures on the arrested individuals: passport withdrawal, prohibition from leaving national territory and the obligation to appear weekly before the court.
The investigation, carried out by the General Commissariat for Information, determined that Núcleo Nacional had recruited and indoctrinated young people and minors to incite them to commit acts of hatred, discrimination and violence against vulnerable groups. The inquiries also detected that members of the organisation received paramilitary training in Ukraine.
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