Controversy over the illegal hotel The Algarrobico: now they ask for penalties jail for the activists of Greenpeace. He Prosecutor’s Office requested the file of the case for not appreciating any crime on the part of the activists, but the Vera Court continued. 28 people have spent a decade with their lives on hold waiting to know if they will be sentenced for a possible crime of damage to illegal property. The builder of illegal hotel She is the only one who has appeared in the accusation.
This coming Friday, May 17, the trial against 28 Greenpeace activists who face a total of 28 years in prison (one year each) for an action in the illegal hotel of El Algarrobico ten years ago. Given this court date, Greenpeace points out that said hotel was built more than 18 years ago and that the organization has been fighting for its demolition ever since.
Although the Public Prosecutor’s Office requested the dismissal and filing of the case for not appreciating a crime some on the part of the activists, The Court of First Instance and Instruction No. 1 of Vera has continued with the judicial procedure. This decision has led to 28 people having their lives on hold for a decade waiting to know if they will be sentenced for a possible crime of damage to the illegal property.
Azata del Solthe promoter of illegal hoteles the only one who has appeared in the accusation, claiming a crime of damages and another crime of disobedience for each of the accused persons.
“The same company that executed the symbol of the destruction of the coast and the exhaustion of a tourism model that is suffocating us, is the one that asks that those who defend legality be judged. It’s the world upside down. Justice cannot be complicit in this nonsense,” declared Eva Saldaña, director of Greenpeace. “It is the public administrations who must carry out Azata del Sol to the courts and demand the eight million euros that the disappearance of the illegal tomb and the restoration of the area will cost,” Saldaña added.
On May 11, 2014, activists pointed out the illegal hotel, located in the area of The Algarrobico14 meters from the sea and within a special protection area of the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park. Ten endless years have had to pass for the 28 accused people to face the trial that will decide whether defending legality has a cost.
The activity was carried out in a public space according to the Ministerial Order of 2005 which established that, according to the Coastal Law, The hotel sits on the so-called protection easement. This Ministerial Order was declared legal by the Supreme Court. The Ministry of the Environment notified both the construction company, Azata del Sol SL, and the Carboneras City Council, that the hotel could not be built. Both chose to ignore the law and grant licenses to build the hotel in a protected area.
What does Azata del Sol ask for?
- For the crime of damage, he demands a twenty-four month fine, at a rate of €6 per day, a total of €1,080. In total €30,240.
- For the crime of disobedience, he demands a one-year prison sentence for each person accused.
- As liability to satisfy among all the accused, it requests €186,703 for the damage caused to the hotel.