SCANDAL IN BARCELONA; Video released of Police coercing activist to spy on anarchist movement

Instead of collaborating our comrade courageously arranged for video and audio recordings that were made public and his lawyer hopes to bring a case against the police for threats and blackmail.,

Quim Gomero (pronunced Kim) is a Barcelona activist awaiting trial on ‘terrorist’ charges after the Operation Pandora and Piñata police raids and arrests in homes and anarchist social centers last year.

The police have little or no evidence against the dozens of defendants who will spend years suffering and fighting the cases. The only case relating to a real incident The ‘firework in the Church’ has already been tried. Mónica and Francisco got 12 years each, with zero concrete evidence against them.

Crucially Monica and Fran were aquitted of forming an anarcho-terrorist group (the so called C AG/ FAI / FRI), which was confirmed to be non existant. Almost the only real evidence against all the other defendants in the Piñata/Pandora cases was allegedly being part of this anarchist terrorist conspiracy now confirmed by the courts to be a police invention. The police are desperately and illegally fishing for new evidence

“You wouldn’t want your boss to know at work that you have an anarchist court case, would you?”

by The Rebellion of Words

Videos are circulating on Internet showing conversations where two individuals coerce and try to force or bribe an activist, Quim Gimeno, to become a police informer. At first they pose as journalists from the agency EFE (which later confirmed knows nothing about them), but in subsequent meetings admitted working for “state security”.

The two individuals coerced our comrade, threatening to reveal in his work everything related to his Court Case (as he is one of the people charged in Operation Pandora) and offered economic considerations, (reportedly 200 euros a month) besides offering to exert influence within the open proceedings against him if he agreed to obtain and provide information about our comrades Mónica and Francisco (who have appealed against their conviction without evidence) , and other female and male activists and militant anarchists in the city.

They also asked him to inform on activities in occupied cultural centers and other libertarians spaces in neighborhoods of Barcelona, especially Poble Sec.

La Directa) who filmed these meetings with hidden cameras, while Gimeno began recording the conversations. Thanks to this it has been possible to access video and audio documentation that confirms all this and reveals the attempt of these two individuals to “buy” our comrade as an informer, which of course failed. The companion, who distrusted the identity of the two individuals from the beginning, was gradually confirmed in his suspicions but decided to continue with the meetings to see how far it would go, he contacted reporters from the alternative weekly The Direct (who filmed these meetings with hidden cameras, while Gimeno began recording the conversations. Thanks to this it has been possible to access video and audio documentation that confirms all this and reveals the attempt of these two individuals to “buy” our comrade as an informer, which of course failed.

To access the original source of this news with much more information, we recommend you check the website of weekly La Directa (here and here) in Catalan, but if you want to find a version of the same translated into Castilian, you can look on the website of Diagonal (here). You can also watch the original videos where you can hear the audio recorded during these encounters. (see further down) You can also watch the original videos where you can hear the audio recorded during these encounters. (see further down) original en castellano ESCÁNDALO EN BARCELONA POR LAS COACCIONES POLICIALES A UN ACTIVISTA PARA CONVERTIRSE EN CONFIDENTE

“No te gustaría que se enteraran en tu trabajo de lo del proceso, ¿no?”

El abogado de Quim Gimeno incorpora a la querella contra “dos agentes de cuerpos de seguridad del Estado” las afirmaciones que fundamentarían un presunto delito de coacciones La policía coacciona a un activista en Barcelona para intentar convencerle de que se convierta en confidente

Estos días se han difundido por Internet unos vídeos que muestran una conversación donde dos individuos coaccionan y tratan de lograr que un activista, Quim Gimeno, se convierta en confidente, interrogándole haciéndose pasar por periodistas de la agencia EFE (en la cual afirman no saber nada de unos individuos que respondan al nombre/iniciales con las que los maderos se presentaron), aunque luego se contradijesen en reuniones posteriores donde ya no hablaron de la agencia EFE y dijeron trabajar para “la seguridad del Estado”. Stop repression of anarchist and Social Movements Los dos individuos coaccionaron al compañero amenazándole con revelar en su trabajo todo lo referente a su proceso (ya que es una de las personas imputadas en la Operación Pandora) y le ofrecieron contraprestaciones económicas, además de ofrecerse a ejercer influencias dentro del proceso abierto contra él, si accedía a obtener y entregar información sobre lxs compañerxs Mónica y Francisco, sobre otrxs activistas y militantes anarquistas de la ciudad, o sobre las actividades en ateneos y demás espacios libertarios de algunos barrios de Barcelona como Poble Sec. El compañero, que desconfió de la identidad de los dos individuos desde el principio, vio poco a poco confirmadas sus sospechas pero decidió seguir con las reuniones para ver hasta dónde se podía llegar, contactando antes con el colectivo del semanal alternativo La Directa para documentar gráficamente estos encuentros, mientras que Gimeno empezó a grabar las conversaciones. Gracias a esto se ha podido tener acceso a documentación de audio que confirma todo esto y revela la intentona de estos dos sujetos de “comprar” al compañero para que actuase de chivato, algo que por supuesto no consiguieron. Para acceder a la fuente original de esta noticia con mucha más información al respecto, os recomiendo consultar la web del semanal La Directa (aquí y aquí). Las noticias de La Directa están en catalán, pero si alguien quiere encontrar una versión de las mismas traducida al castellano, puede mirar en la web de Diagonal (aquí y aquí). A continuación, los vídeos donde se pueden escuchar los audios registrados durante estos encuentros.

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