Spain: They investigate a homicide on the death of the child trapped in a well

The owner of the field must explain why he drilled without permission and why the hole was exposed. Julen was found dead after a 13-day operation.

On Sunday 13 January, two-year-old Julen leaves the area to play on the land while his parents, José Ramallo and Victoria García, prepare a paella in the half-built farmhouse of his cousin's boyfriend in Malaga. Spain. It was 13:57. According to the statement to the Civil Guard, the mother is with the baby, but receives a call for employment and leaves the care to his father. There, Julen flows and falls into a well of more than 100 meters deep and 25 centimeters wide, used for the search for water.

The case shocked the world. This well was illegal and, after Julen's lifeless discovery last Friday, the landowner could be accused of homicide for recklessness. The figure corresponds to Article 142 of the Spanish Penal Code. The sentence could be 4 years in prison.

The case was opened by the court number 9 of Malaga on January 13th. At present, there is only one axis of investigation: the responsibility of this well drilled without authorization on December 20 and which was also discovered.

The Nature Protection Service (Seprona) of the Spanish Civil Guard was committed to checking whether the drilling permits had been requested, whether they had been properly sealed and whether the owner of the plot had requested authorization for removal and displacement of the borehole. the lands that were built there and that could be the cause of the seal – that the pocero claims to have made with a stone – disappear.

According to Diario Sur, the conclusion was that they had not processed the corresponding authorizations in any case.

Candles and drawings were left near Julen's house on the eve of his search (Reuters)

In an investigation on "reckless homicide", as published on Monday El Mundo, "the qualification may vary based on advanced research or complementary study results at the Autopsy, which should occur within a month ".

It remains to be determined whether this recklessness is serious (punishment of one to four years imprisonment) or slight (three to eighteen months of fine), to which s & # 39; would add liability, which would also go in two ways: the parents and the cost of the search operation, which was millionaire.

The death of Julen moved in Spain

After 13 days of an unprecedented operation to rescue him, during which more than 300 people participated in an increasingly complicated engineering job, the miners got into the capsule with the baby's body. Julen is believed to have died the same day he fell into the well. His fall was "free and fast".

Jose, his father, told the Spanish media that he had lost his other son in 2017, while Julen was a baby. Oliver died of a heart attack at the age of 3 years.

Despite this tragic antecedent that has been the subject of speculation over the days, even in a viral case of WhatsApp where it was considered that Julen was not in the well, the authorities of Malaga have never followed this hypothesis. The presence of the baby was tested by badyzing the DNA of the hairs found by the robot in the well and compared to those of his parents. In addition, there was another witness. The father's cousin, who saw him fall and, as he says, "arms in the air".

This erased doubts about the fact that, with his construction, he had crossed such a narrow perimeter.

He came calling to 112, who also transcended. "A child has fallen into a small hole about 40 centimeters in diameter.A rescue is needed.The mother cries and screams." They did not call the parents or their cousins, who were "under the shock". The call came from the phone of two walkers who came to hear the shouts of the farm. The operation began.

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The Civil Guard checked three methods of excavation: creating a second parallel well, drilling an open pit on the other side of the mountain, and using a higher-powered system.

The first option, considered the most practical by the experts, was to build a parallel well of the same depth and diameter to "allow entry". But for that, it was also necessary to sound the well in which Julen was, because it was the only way to protect the walls and to avoid landslides. This option is the one that has been done. But there were complications.

Due to a miscalculation, they had to dig the tunnel again to save Julen. Day 9 of the operation was completed.

The tubes of the jacket could not exceed 40 meters deep. It needed to be expanded. If the rotating head was blocked, it would be impossible to bring it back to the surface and the rescue would have to start from scratch.

"The boreholes have had a small deviation and there is a small problem with the placement of the tubing of the tunnel in which the miners must enter," said Juan Lopez Escobar, delegate of the Official College of South Mining Engineers, to La Vanguardia. . in situ to the team conducting the excavations. Finally, after 24 hours late, the preparation of the capsule began.

Lowering

The GyroMaster georadar of the Swedish company that discovered the Chilean miners mapped the depths and the top of the ground under what was thought to be Julen. This was the start for another group of engineers to start designing the descent during the construction of the parallel well.

It was necessary to fill and prepare the ground for the Hunosa Mining Rescue Brigade to descend and dig by hand the last 4 meters almost horizontal to reach Julen. They added the 12-meter tube to the mouth of the tunnel and filled the space around this cylinder to create the access platform.

On Thursday, the first two men of the mine rescue brigade fell. These specialists, considered as an elite body, dug the horizontal gallery from the open window of one of the tubes, to the established depth. Friday at 1:25, they found the body of Julen. After 13 days of anguish and effort, Spain has begun mourning that continues today. (Clarin)