He had two convictions for sexual crimes and had become radicalized in prison. Abdelaziz Tamalout was released from the Herrera de La Mancha prison on Wednesday, February 1. On Saturday the 4th, EL MUNDO published that his release was due to the fact that he had benefited from the “unwanted” criminal effects of the Only Yes Is Yes Law and revealed that he was being watched for jihadism inside the center, since he had in his cell two cell phones with videos related to Islamist terrorism.
Two days later, on Monday, February 6 at 08:30 in the morning, the National Police arrested him at his brother’s home in Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real). Later, it restarted the procedures for his expulsion and transferred him to the Center for the Internment of Foreigners (CIE) in Valencia. There, Abdelaziz is still waiting for his repatriation to Morocco or for his situation to be resolved in Court number 3 of the city of La Mancha, which was the one that accepted his transfer to the CIE in the Valencian capital, at the request of the Police National.
Abdelaziz has appealed that decision through contentious-administrative proceedings, because he believes that the reason he was detained is “social alarm” and that his expulsion has “expired.” His lawyer assures this newspaper that this expulsion file was prescribed since the end of 2020, and for this reason he has appealed to the same court that has decreed his admission to the CIE. The judge plans to rule in the coming days, as this case has priority because it is a “case with a detainee.” “They should have restarted a new file and, where appropriate, see if his expulsion was determined,” laments his legal representative, who did not know that Abdelaziz had become radicalized in prison or that he was being watched for the possibility of recruiting jihadists. or let himself be captured.
Tamalout was serving two sentences of six years in prison for separate crimes of sexual abuse, which with the new law were reduced by two years each, thus precipitating his release. The young Moroccan had been approved to replace his prison sentence with expulsion from Spain, to return him to his country of origin, which is Morocco. This happened over two years ago, but he was never executed. Now Abdelaziz had moved to live in the Ciudad Real municipality of Alcázar, where he settled with his brother Ismail.
When this newspaper spoke with the alleged jihadist, he stressed that he did not understand why they had not released him from jail when he was informed that, based on article 89 of the Penal Code, his sentence would have to be replaced by expulsion from prison. country. And he regretted spending two years in second grade when he should have been in third. “At the moment I am in contact with my lawyer,” he explained, annoyed. His brother added an important detail: the expired passport could have made it difficult for Abdelaziz to be expelled, which has now been resumed.
Why was he monitored as a possible jihadist radical? After a fight with other inmates in which they used prison spikes – homemade weapons clandestinely manufactured inside the prison – he entered module 2 of the La Mancha prison where he shared a cell with another prisoner. It was there, in an ordinary search of the cell when the alarms went off in the prison. In this inspection, the officials found Salafi material. The young man had changed his appearance and also his attitude in recent times. He had grown a long beard and had also severed his relationship with the rest of the inmate population.
Upon his release from prison, the State Security Forces and Bodies were informed for their pertinent follow-up.
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