A tribute to the bravery of the Civil Guard agents
The city of Madrid has decided to honour the memory of Germán P. G. and Jerónimo J. M., two civil guards who lost their lives in an operation against drug trafficking in Huelva on May 8. This tribute will take the form of a new public space that will bear their names, as part of a proposal presented by Vox during the City Council Plenary.
The initiative has been negotiated with the support of the Popular Party, which has added a call to consider the profession of civil guard as a high-risk job. In their statement, the political representatives expressed their strongest condemnation of the events that occurred and conveyed their condolences to the families and colleagues of the deceased.
Aside from the tribute, the proposal also demands that the central government provide the Civil Guard with the necessary resources to effectively combat drug trafficking. This includes adequate human, material, and technological means to face the growing threats posed by criminal organisations in Spain.
The spokesperson for Vox, Javier Ortega Smith, did not hold back in his criticism of the current government, stating that these deaths could have been avoided if adequate resources had been provided. For her part, the councillor of the Popular Party, Yolanda Estrada, lamented that criminal organisations are becoming increasingly organised and violent while the government seems to neglect the problem.
Despite the consensus on the tribute, political positions are divided. While Más Madrid chose to abstain in the vote, the PSOE expressed support for the recognition but opposed declaring civil guards as a high-risk profession. The socialist Enrique Rico defended the management of the Ministry of the Interior and called for moving past what he considered political distortions.
As this political debate progresses, alternative proposals also emerge, such as those put forward by Miguel Montejo from Más Madrid, who advocates for a regulated legalisation of drugs as a solution to the underlying problem of drug addiction. This stance generated angry reactions among his opponents, who accuse the party of trivialising such a serious issue.
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