The investigation into the neo-Nazi demonstration left José Luis Roberto, leader of the far-right party España 2000, and Alberto Ayala, former leader of Ultra Sur, charged.
The Investigating Court Number 9 of Madrid has agreed file the investigation by hate crime against two ultra leaders who promoted a neo-Nazi march which toured the Madrid neighborhood of September 2021 Chueca, meeting point for the group LGTBIQ +, shouting “out of our neighborhoods"And"out AIDS sufferers from Madrid", according to a ruling to which the newspaper has had access El País.
Judge Arturo Zamarriego, the instructor of the case, has decreed the provisional dismissal of the investigation after invalidating the proceedings that were carried out "out of date”, according to a resolution dated April 22, which can be appealed.
The case kept the organizers of the initiative accused: the leader of the Valencian ultra-right party Spain 2000, José Luis Roberto, and the former leader of Ultra South Alberto Ayala de Cantalicio. And it started after a complaint filed in 2021 by the Coordinator of the Third Sector of the Community of Madrid against the organizers for chanting "homophobes and racistsThe Prosecutor's Office initially framed the incident as an alleged hate crime, which carries a penalty of up to four years in prison and a fine of up to 12 months. On April 4, it also requested a provisional dismissal.
The investigation concluded that those attending the demonstration “related to Spain 2000"They chanted slogans like"Adolf Hitler was right" or in favor of the Blue Division, the 45.000 Spaniards who fought during World War II with the Nazi German army against the Soviet troops. They also shouted against the unaccompanied minors, immigrants or homosexuals.
"Get the faggots out of our neighborhoods"
The pretext of the Chueca neo-Nazi demonstration was to attack the 2030 Agenda, the UN protocol to enhance the gender equality, the creation of cities with less pollution, or the universalization of water sanitation. The initiative has drawn the ire of the far right for years.
The demonstration was authorized by the Government Delegation of the capital and convened by the so-called San Blas-Canillejas Neighborhood Association with the slogan Say no to the 2030-2050 Agendas. Under a fascist aesthetic of flares and drums, more than 200 ultras They traveled for two hours along the route between Chueca and Puerta del Sol with flags of Spain y National Youth, an organization linked to Spain 2000.
After the march, the Government delegate in Madrid, Mercedes González, apologized to the LGTBIQ+ community for the insults and threats made by some of the protesters and expressed solidarity with the groups in Madrid.for having lived in its streets what they have had to live”. However, he insisted that the right to demonstrate “before purchasing,". "Another thing is that we disapprove of these demonstrations, but unfortunately the Government delegate cannot prohibit demonstrations because she does not share the object”, he justified.
Far-right leaders
The ultras who were charged are two historic figures from the far-right circles. Leader of Spain 2000, lawyer, security businessman and former general secretary of the brothel employers' association Anela, José Luis Roberto, 71, founded his party more than two decades ago, which has 2.500 members and is based on the French National Front.
The other ultra who was investigated, Alberto Ayala de Cantalicio, was head of Ultra Sur and leader of the far-right group Canillejas YouthHe was considered the convener of the Chueca demonstration through the San Blas Canillejas residents' association.
