Rabat – Spain’s security services have transferred to Moroccan authorities a previously convicted extremist involved in the March 11, 2004 attacks in Madrid.
The attack known as 11-M is one of the most heinous attacks in Spain’s history. The terror attack resulted in the killing of 193 people, with over 1,800 injured.
The Spanish security services transferred R.A after serving his 18-year prison sentence in Spain.
Spanish news agency EFE quoted Moroccan security sources, who said that the Moroccan man was transferred in a private plane.
The Spanish news agency added that it is not known whether the man is free or in police custody in Morocco.
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Spain arrested the Moroccan man on April 6, 2004. The National Court in Spain sentenced him to 18 years in prison in October 2007.
He was sentenced for “participating in the meetings he held with the liner Jose Emilio Suarez Trashorras to obtain explosives,” EFE added.
The Spanish news agency recalled that R.A is not the first prosecuted extremist to be transferred to Morocco.
EFE recalled that Spain handed over another previously terror convict and two others involved in the attacks to Moroccan authorities.
Spain and Morocco cooperate closely in the global fight against organized crime and extremism.
On April 30, Moroccan news agency MAP said that a new anti-crime cooperation agreement between Spain and Morocco entered into force.
The two countries signed the agreement in February 2019 in a bid to tackle all forms of crime, particularly terrorism.
