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A NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES
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MAY 1997
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NO EVIDENCE, NO TRIAL
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Nearly five years have passed,
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but outrage and grief
are still present in Alcàsser.
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The families of the murdered girls
don't want the trial for Míriam,
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Toñi and Desirée's murder to take place.
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They claim that the investigation
should go on.
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That is why they don’t like the fact
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that the process to determine
how and who killed the three girls
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will start next Monday the 12th
at the High Court of Valencia.
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I don't want to take part in this farce,
this trial they've contrived for a while,
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to close it for good but wrongly.
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We've proven that more people
took part in the murders,
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apart from Ricart and Anglés,
who are the ones they accused.
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We want justice!
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We want justice!
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We want justice!
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Fernando García has just
come back to his work
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after dedicating all his time
for more than two years
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to a campaign to collect signatures
to make rapists serve
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their full imposed sentences.
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18 MONTHS EARLIER
NOVEMBER 1995
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I still haven't come to terms
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with my daughter's loss.
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MIRIAM'S FATHER
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Some nights I give her a hug in my dreams.
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I dream that everything was just a dream.
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Something that hasn't really happened.
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I'm fighting to move on.
It's very difficult to get out of it.
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MIRIAM'S MOTHER
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But I'm fighting hard.
And because I have two more children.
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And because I hope that justice
will be made before I die.
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Almost three years
after that horrendous crime,
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the police investigation
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seems to be at a standstill.
However, the parents
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won't give up till they know
who killed their daughters.
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Fernando García, Míriam's father,
denounced the secrecy of the case
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and announced that he will launch
a parallel investigation.
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I didn't have any interest
in putting Ricart in prison.
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I knew that Miguel Ricart
had never seen my daughter.
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-When did you reach that conclusion?
-At the beginning.
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With my daughter still in her coffin
at the town hall in Alcàsser,
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there were the newspapers on the chairs
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saying that the perpetrators
had already been caught.
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And I saw who the perpetrators were
and said: "Oh, my God!
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My God, they were fast!"
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That was when I realized.
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Everything was
at a standstill for four years.
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Then I said: "We should review the case."
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"No, you'd rather not see
the proceedings because..."
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I had a lawyer who didn't want me to check
the case and know what was going on.
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I didn't like that.
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The mere reading of the facts
explained in the proceedings...
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FAMILIES' LAWYER
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...really makes anyone's stomach turn.
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It's something horrible.
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The fact that several months
passed without any news
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doesn't mean that no investigation
was being carried out then,
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no work was being done,
no analyses were being made.
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He had everything figured out.
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He was the pope of lawyers.
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What else could I tell him?
Everything was fine.
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He was working the right way.
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Well, until I realized
that wasn't the case.
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Some things hadn't been done.
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"And hasn't this been done?",
"No, that's not worth it." "Come on!
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That's your opinion, but not mine."
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That was when I fired
the president of the Bar Association.
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JUNE 1996
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After three and a half years
of investigations, Romero Villafranca
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withdrew the private prosecution
due to differences with Fernando García.
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He was replaced by Vicente Attard.
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He stayed there...
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Three years had passed
and during those three years,
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Fernando García forgot about the media.
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But he did keep
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the memory of the children alive,
collecting signatures to try
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to change the Penal Code.
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So he becomes almost forgotten.
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JOURNALIST AND CRIMINOLOGIST
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I recall my meeting with Fernando García.
I thought he was a lost man.
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He even claimed that sometimes
he lost consciousness.
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FRANCISCO EMILIO
VOLUNTEER INVESTIGATOR
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He literally said:
"Sometimes I think I've gone mad."
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I found myself alone.
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Then Juan Ignacio appeared.
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He was a crime reporter
working on Mississippi.
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Juan Ignacio, good evening.
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He is our specialist in this matter.
He just came back from Alcàsser.
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He was doing some work on the case
for Mississippi.
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He was willing to dig deeper
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and he agreed with me about some things
I had said on television.
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He had watched and heard me.
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When I first approached him,
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he gave me some information
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that he had gathered
during those three years.
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I was honest with him. I told him:
"Look, I've been through so much
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that the only thing I want is honesty.
How far are you willing to go?"
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And he told me that he was willing
to help me go as far as I wanted to.
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I think they're hiding something
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that they fear I might uncover.
My goal is to uncover it.
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And I'll uncover it no matter what.
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I went back to Valencia.
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Fernando García came up with the idea:
"What if I quit my job,
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you come here and we focus full time
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on the investigation
and check things out?"
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Obviously, I saw the light and said:
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"What else could I want?"
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He told me he was willing to go on
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and do a thorough research.
Well, then, let's do some research.
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So we dedicated our full time
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to do what I like most in this world,
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which is investigating.
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He wanted to get involved,
and in order to do that he said:
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"The problem is that I don't have
the resources to remain in Alcàsser."
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He had to pay a hotel
and Mississippi didn't accept it.
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"I can go to Mississippi once a week,
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do a report, they pay me, but..."
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"If you need a bed
and that one is okay for you..."
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I had a room with two beds, one for my son
Fernando and the other was empty.
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And that's where he stayed.
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Back then, my position in that group
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we had just formed,
was that of an anonymous person
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whose goal was to try to gather
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as much as information as possible
on the ground.
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We settled there straight away
and I think that Juan Ignacio Blanco
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slept in Míriam's bedroom sometimes.
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Probably, he also slept at some point
in the bedroom I was initially in,
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and some other nights in Madrid.
Juan Ignacio Blanco was traveling.
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Juan Ignacio was the channel
that my father had
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to get into the world of criminology.
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He settled for a long time in my house,
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and he was just one of us, in our family.
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MIRIAM'S BROTHER
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I was a child. There were topics
that they talked about confidentially.
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He saw that there was much to be done
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and that this required a lot of time
to investigate.
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That was when he continued working
as a criminologist,
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the Alcàsser criminologist, so to speak.
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Fernando García, good evening.
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-Evening.
-Juan Ignacio Blanco is also with us.
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The two of them have been looking
for clues surrounding this case
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for a few months already.
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Is this changing the investigation
drastically, Fernando?
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This must have a solution
at some point and I think...
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There were basically three roles.
Juan Ignacio Blanco was the expert,
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I had to work on the ground and Fernando
was the key to open all the doors.
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The team formed by Fernando García,
Juan Ignacio Blanco and Francisco Emilio
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begins its parallel investigation
in the summer of 1996.
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EXCLUSSIVE
ALCÀSSER
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This is at the pit.
Up there, wrapped in blankets,
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there are the bodies of Míriam, Toñi
and Desirée once they've been dug out.
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One of Fernando García's ideas was to ask:
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"Where do we begin?" "From the beginning."
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Let's check the statements
of those who found them.
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They were the first to give a statement.
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Surprisingly, we found out the beekeepers
had never been questioned.
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The beekeepers were the only two people
that went up to that area.
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At first, I thought
that they had been found by chance,
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maybe while the man was walking by,
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but considering all the traces that had
been left here for the girls to be found,
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because it seemed there was the need
for them to be found,
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and, paradoxically,
pants, jackets and socks were found here.
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There was a group of objects to draw
the attention
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of anyone who would pass by
and find the girls.
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During the 74-day search for the girls,
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almost the whole province of Valencia
was canvassed by members of the police,
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and facing the threat of arrest,
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they obviously made the bodies
come to the surface
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so that someone would find them
and make it public.
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That was something
particularly noteworthy.
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That was precisely what made us
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begin to think in that alternative theory
when we saw that things didn't add up.
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I said: "That's a watch!"
And he said: "Yes."
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Then I got closer through this path
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and I said: "You're right, my goodness!
That's a hand!"
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I went to see one of the beekeepers,
Gabriel Aquino González, at his house.
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BEEKEEPER
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I knocked on his door and told him
I represented two of the girls' families
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and wanted to ask him some questions.
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Surprisingly, Gabriel Aquino told me
that he wouldn't talk about it.
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"I can't talk about that. I just can't."
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He repeated it twice
as he closed the door.
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I told him: "Then you don't want
justice to be done?"
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And we couldn't talk to him.
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We have one here.
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No one in four years
had taken the statement
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of the person who found the bodies
of the Alcàsser girls.
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I thought it was a man's hand
because it was thick.
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I went to see José Sala,
the other beekeeper,
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as I had done with Gabriel,
so that he could give us his testimony
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of what he saw that day.
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I found a man protected by his family,
who were the ones really interceding.
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I asked José.
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And he looked at his relatives,
who told him directly:
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"Don't talk about this."
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That silence, those refusals,
that lack of collaboration
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make us believe that there is something
hidden in this crime that can't be known.
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This is the hut where they say
that all the events took place.
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I've come here occasionally
to spend some time.
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THE MURDERERS RAPED THE GIRLS IN A HUT
LOCATED 800 METERS AWAY FROM THE PIT
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THE DEFENDANTS SLEPT AFTER RAPING THEM
AND EXECUTED THEM IN THE MORNING
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I always have the same certainty.
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The blood spatter
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should have been found in different areas,
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both on the walls and on the mattresses.
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The mattresses used in those days
are still here.
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Now we're walking to the top floor.
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The mattresses are still there
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and they are dirty,
but there are no blood stains anywhere.
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As you can see. The mattresses...
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are just dirty.
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This is a spring mattress.
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And as we can see,
if we take a closer shot,
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we can notice it is just dirty.
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And the same thing
on the bottom, just dirty.
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But not a single drop of blood.
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Miguel Ricart and Antonio Anglés
never saw my daughter. Never.
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And how do you think that on March 2nd,
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long before the results
of the autopsy were known,
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Miguel Ricart is able to provide
such a comprehensive account
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and with details so close
to the findings of the autopsy?
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RICART'S INCRIMINATING STATEMENT FITS IN
WITH THE RESULTS OF THE GIRLS' AUTOPSIES
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There are accounts
that one just needs to sign.
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Nothing else, just sign them.
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Written by somebody else and that's it.
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Someone asked me: "What will you do
when you're done collecting signatures?"
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"If my daughter's case hasn't been solved,
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I'll have to do it myself."
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Unfortunately...
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I think that Fernando García,
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when I appeared,
I made him rediscover, so to speak,
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his appearances in the media.
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He somehow decided that this was
something hugely satisfying
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and that it can help him on many levels.
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My struggle during those two months
centered around having access
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to what was the best kept secret
in this country: the case file.
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Apart from gathering
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information to fill the Mississippi show,
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my interest in my collaboration
with Fernando García was
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to contact his lawyers,
so that they, at some point,
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allowed me to have access
to the documents,
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because the real information
of the Alcàsser case was there.
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I told them that the case file
could not be made public.
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ATTORNEY OF MIRIAM AND TONI'S FAMILIES
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He asked me to see it and I demanded
that he be advised by a psychiatrist
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first in order to see it,
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because it is very tough.
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It was shocking, dismal, terrifying.
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One evening, we met
Vicente Attard in his office,
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and we already had our plan figured out.
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Our intention was clear.
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We wanted to snatch the case file.
Let's say that we would "borrow" it.
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We arrived at his office.
Juan Ignacio Blanco's mission
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was to distract Vicente Attard while
Fernando and I snatched the case file.
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As Juan Ignacio Blanco was
with Vicente Attard in his office,
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Fernando and I used that moment
to take the complete case file.
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With all the pages under our arms,
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we ran around Valencia like crazy
taking photocopies of the case file.
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Our intention was to give it back
to Vicente Attard as soon as possible.
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As we were doing the infinite
amount of copies that had to be done,
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because I think the case file
was about 4,000 or 5,000 pages long,
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we went to a photography shop.
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Fernando had already talked
to the photographer.
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He locked up and we took pictures
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of the photographs of the removal
of the corpses and the autopsies.
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We took pictures of the photographs.
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When we got the case file,
we started to work.
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I had the suspicion from the day
my daughter was in her coffin
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at the Alcàsser town hall,
which made me feel something wasn't right,
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and I began to confirm
that something wasn't right.
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It hadn't just been my fantasy
or some sort of enlightenment.
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It was because the father's love
I felt for my daughter
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told me that two nobodies didn't do
what they had done to her.
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When I went to look for the nobodies,
I knew who they were.
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What you're seeing here,
ladies and gentlemen, is an exclusive.
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What you're seeing here
is the Alcàsser case file.
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We've gotten access to it.
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Antonio Anglés, the most wanted man
in all of Spain...
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SEPTEMBER 9, 1996, 11:22 P.M.
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That night, my wife was watching
the Mississippi show
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and I saw the sketch
with the trajectory of the bullet.
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The following day, Fernando said
that he had stolen it from me.
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I really appreciated that
because, at least,
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somehow I was cleared
of any responsibility.
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Everything that we'll present, question,
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and show tonight
comes from the reading of this file.
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Implausible objects were found
at the place where they were buried.
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Papers with Anglés' name were found
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and it was absolutely impossible
that in the middle of the mountains
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during November, December and January,
that paper was there
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and it hadn't been blown away
and was still legible.
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A mountainous area
where there are winds and storms,
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the fact that the little pieces
of paper were there
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looked a bit suspicious.
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But what is even more surprising is
the fact that the medical report
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was given to Anglés
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when he went to see the doctor
because of gonorrhea, an STD,
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at 1:00 a.m. on May 14th,
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and then he carried that paper
in his pocket for six months
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and, curiously enough, he dropped it
the day they buried the girls.
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The paper had his name
and address, of course.
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It was like a business card
that they left at the pit
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so that no one worries
about looking for the real culprit.
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The beekeeper said that he remembered
the papers tangled in the thorns
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and fixed to the ground.
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He said that they could have been
there for a long time.
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He said that.
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Well, I'd ask anyone to grab some papers,
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go there, leave them
and go back after 75 days.
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As you can see, in spite of the usual wind
in this open space,
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those papers remained here
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and the name of one of the Anglés brothers
was written on them.
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These are the pieces of paper
that we found.
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JUDICIAL POLICE
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They were spread out around this hillside,
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Some of them were almost illegible,
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because they were wet
after two months of rain.
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We'll try to delve deeper
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into one of the most bizarre stories
told in this country in recent history.
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Where can Antonio Anglés be?
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Since the very beginning,
I've always thought
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that Anglés is dead. Someone thought
that Anglés was an uncomfortable witness.
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Someone that could talk
and pose some problems.
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And, as we say colloquially,
he was wasted.
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He wasn't caught because they only catch
whoever they want to catch.
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If Anglés appeared,
the whole truth would be known.
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ONLY EXISTING VIDEO FOOTAGE
OF ANTONIO ANGLÉS.
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TRIAL FOR THE KIDNAPPING AND ABUSE OF
HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND, NURIA PERA, 1990.
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The truth is there is no clear conclusion
of the participation of Antonio Anglés
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in the whole file.
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When they went looking out for him,
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the Spanish police were considered
the clumsiest in the world,
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because they didn't manage to find him.
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What can this make clear?
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That there is an organization
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watching his back
or which has just gotten rid of him.
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One evening, after an interview,
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I noticed a vehicle nearby us.
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I asked my partner to watch
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the vehicle discreetly from the rearview
mirror only when I signaled him to
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and tell me if he could
identify the driver.
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He told me that it was
a Civil Guard from Catarroja.
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At some point of the route,
a second vehicle drove ahead of us
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and stopped abruptly
just when another vehicle
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that was parked
on the other side of the road, a 4WD,
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drove forward and tried
to throw us off of the road.
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At that moment, I swerved and dodged them,
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and of course...
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I was shocked by how coordinated it was.
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It didn't look
like it had been accidental.
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My surprise came the next day,
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when I tried to find out the identity
of the drivers from their license plates.
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When I got the information,
to my surprise,
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they told me that the license plates
were no longer active,
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so the vehicles were out of circulation.
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We had the feeling that we were fugitives,
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and we especially had the feeling
that we had been declared
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enemies of authority.
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Maybe this will look bizarre,
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but Fernando has to be careful
of what he eats anywhere,
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because something might be in his food.
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He must be careful with his changes
in schedule or when he moves around,
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he must have police protection
under certain circumstances.
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Suddenly, he became
a pocket-sized James Bond.
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He is investigating 24 hours a day,
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00:23:03,405 --> 00:23:06,525
he's putting his heart and soul into it
and he's doing it quite well.
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Once, I was collecting signatures
at a table, a guy came, said hello
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and told me: "I'd like to talk to you
about something." I said: "Tell me."
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"I was hired to kill you."
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I said: "You've had a good career!"
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That was my reply, because look at me.
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This is me hiding away.
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"No, but then I decided I wasn't going
to take on the assignment because..."
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"Well, okay.
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Thank you, then."
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The instructions were clear.
"These guys must be stopped.
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They must be warned
against doing what they're doing.
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They're making us look pathetic."
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No matter how many walls they build,
I'll jump over them.
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They won't stop me.
I've said that many times.
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They'll have to kill me
if they want to stop me.
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There are some things...
My wife was kidnapped,
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I went to the hospital six times
because of their beatings.
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I mean, I've been threatened
multiple times.
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They tried to buy me off.
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Then they used the following technique:
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trying to discredit you
as much as possible
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so eventually it won't matter
what you say.
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THE TV SHAMELESS
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There is no incriminating evidence
against Ricart.
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Not only against Ricart,
but against Anglés or anyone else.
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What we usually consider
irrefutable evidence,
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such as fingerprints,
traces of semen, blood or hair,
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biological evidence that can totally prove
direct responsibility,
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unfortunately, we must say there is none
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that incriminates any person
known to us at the moment.
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According to Mr. García, the prosecutor's
report contradicts the case file.
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He denounced that no traces
of blood or semen were ever found
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in the abandoned hut at La Romana,
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00:25:00,805 --> 00:25:04,125
where Míriam, Toñi and Desirée
were allegedly raped.
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00:25:04,205 --> 00:25:06,645
That is why he thinks
this wasn't the crime scene.
404
00:25:07,845 --> 00:25:09,805
According to the opinion
of the Civil Guard,
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the events took place
in an abandoned hut near the dam in Tous.
406
00:25:12,805 --> 00:25:17,085
Look at this video. We walked
the same alleged path as the killers.
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A macabre 25-kilometer route
through an almost impenetrable path.
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Those are the huts where, officially,
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the girls were tortured and killed.
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This is the pit
where the girls were found buried.
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From the pit to the huts,
there is a distance of 600 to 800 meters.
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If they were brought here alive
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and they were killed here,
blood should have been found in the pit.
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That is another mystery,
because no blood was found here.
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I've walked up to La Romana
three times, I think.
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The whole crew was there
to shoot something,
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and I hope I never go there again,
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because every time I go to La Romana,
I can't help it...
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EX-POLICE AND JOURNALIST
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I feel so sad...
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The whole crew came back devastated,
because having that experience,
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that desolate spot, shooting detailed
things of what had happened,
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00:26:16,125 --> 00:26:18,325
whether you like or not,
you end up feeling bad.
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-Hey, come on!
-Start!
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00:26:21,605 --> 00:26:22,845
-Fernando!
-Come on!
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00:26:23,845 --> 00:26:24,685
Come on!
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MAY 1997
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Everybody hide away!
429
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Everything was a setup.
The girls had to be found,
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-so they leave a trail of clothes...
-We were surprised
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that the three bodies were dug out
in less than an hour.
432
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That means that it wasn't done carefully.
433
00:26:46,405 --> 00:26:51,885
We can publicly say that the Civil Guard
fabricated evidence in the Alcàsser case.
434
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I'm saying this considering
the responsibility I'd have to assume.
435
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On January 28, 1993,
at the visual inspection,
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one of Míriam's earrings was found.
437
00:26:58,965 --> 00:27:00,965
The only trace of the girls
found in the hut.
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00:27:01,045 --> 00:27:02,485
-Silence!
-Go ahead.
439
00:27:02,565 --> 00:27:05,765
This is the place where my daughter's
earring was allegedly found.
440
00:27:05,845 --> 00:27:10,925
I've always said and I'll always repeat
that someone planted the earring here,
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just as the rest
of the evidence was planted.
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EARRING FOUND IN THE HUT
CLOSE TO THE PIT
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I'm totally sure that these mattresses
444
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should have been analyzed thoroughly
445
00:27:24,725 --> 00:27:28,645
if they really thought that the crime
had been carried out here.
446
00:27:28,725 --> 00:27:32,085
No traces of blood were found
and I work with mattresses.
447
00:27:32,485 --> 00:27:36,605
I collect old mattresses.
When there is a blood stain on them,
448
00:27:36,805 --> 00:27:40,205
they stay there forever
until the mattress is destroyed.
449
00:27:40,965 --> 00:27:43,325
There was no blood or anything else
on that mattress.
450
00:27:43,565 --> 00:27:46,445
"THERE WAS A LOT OF BLOOD ON THEIR BODIES"
451
00:27:48,285 --> 00:27:50,045
Why no traces of blood in the hut?
452
00:27:50,125 --> 00:27:53,285
However, Miguel Ricart says
that he remembers an abundance of blood.
453
00:27:54,125 --> 00:27:56,805
Why wasn't there any blood
on their clothes or in the pit?
454
00:27:57,365 --> 00:28:00,325
Who planted the objects around the pit?
455
00:28:00,485 --> 00:28:04,485
Who buried the girls?
Who planted the paper with Anglés' name?
456
00:28:04,565 --> 00:28:07,125
Gentlemen, say hello, they're coming!
457
00:28:07,205 --> 00:28:08,685
Say, "Hello, how are you doing?"
458
00:28:08,765 --> 00:28:11,285
Doesn't Anglés' escape look like a setup?
459
00:28:11,845 --> 00:28:14,885
Why was manipulated evidence
sent to the Toxicology Institute?
460
00:28:15,565 --> 00:28:19,005
Who enjoyed the girls' death?
Were their deaths taped?
461
00:28:21,045 --> 00:28:23,245
And we came back from there, well,
462
00:28:23,325 --> 00:28:26,885
thinking again
that we were being told a lie.
463
00:28:40,125 --> 00:28:43,045
As you can see, I'm now online.
464
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I think there are people
who would like to give me some information
465
00:28:48,205 --> 00:28:51,605
and don't dare
because of their work as officers,
466
00:28:51,685 --> 00:28:57,485
this is an anonymous way to give me
any clue that could help me
467
00:28:57,565 --> 00:29:00,645
find a solution to all the atrocities
that are happening
468
00:29:00,725 --> 00:29:02,125
in our country, unfortunately.
469
00:29:02,205 --> 00:29:06,605
In the last few years, not only
the Alcàsser girls have gone missing,
470
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but around that time,
471
00:29:08,565 --> 00:29:11,405
in the last years,
How many years? Two, three years?
472
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Yes, around four or five years,
but those are just some of the cases.
473
00:29:16,005 --> 00:29:19,125
-How many people went missing?
-There are 11 unsolved murders.
474
00:29:19,205 --> 00:29:21,845
Unsolved. The mothers of all these minors
475
00:29:22,285 --> 00:29:24,765
denounce almost the same things.
476
00:29:24,845 --> 00:29:26,845
Inefficiency in the investigation,
477
00:29:26,925 --> 00:29:30,525
a total lack of information,
excessive haste in closing the cases.
478
00:29:30,605 --> 00:29:33,245
They doubt that justice can solve
their children's deaths.
479
00:29:33,325 --> 00:29:34,685
Who killed Marisa,
480
00:29:34,765 --> 00:29:38,085
Andrés, Isabel, Francisco, Pilar, María,
481
00:29:38,165 --> 00:29:39,685
María Jesús and María del Carmen?
482
00:29:39,765 --> 00:29:40,965
"DISAPPEARANCE OF A MINOR"
483
00:29:41,045 --> 00:29:43,965
We're talking about an organization
that kidnaps girls,
484
00:29:44,045 --> 00:29:46,525
carries out a series
of sexual abuse acts with them
485
00:29:46,605 --> 00:29:49,765
-and then finally kills them brutally.
-Exactly.
486
00:29:49,845 --> 00:29:52,685
Unfortunately,
this network and these people
487
00:29:52,765 --> 00:29:55,765
are not only featured in films,
but they exist in our country.
488
00:29:55,845 --> 00:29:59,645
We'd be most certainly surprised
489
00:30:00,285 --> 00:30:03,565
if we knew who belongs to these networks.
490
00:30:03,645 --> 00:30:05,845
I understand that Fernando
don't want to say it
491
00:30:05,925 --> 00:30:08,245
because the goal of the investigation
is important,
492
00:30:08,805 --> 00:30:11,405
but there is a specific group of people
who gets together
493
00:30:11,485 --> 00:30:14,365
and kidnaps minor girls,
494
00:30:14,445 --> 00:30:18,005
but they're not kidnapped randomly.
495
00:30:18,885 --> 00:30:22,405
During those orgies,
people are allowed to perform
496
00:30:22,485 --> 00:30:25,805
any kind of sexual aberration,
497
00:30:25,885 --> 00:30:27,685
even of a sadistic nature.
498
00:30:27,765 --> 00:30:30,725
Then, a person who has
previously won the lot,
499
00:30:30,805 --> 00:30:35,245
having paid around 15
and 20 million pesetas,
500
00:30:35,725 --> 00:30:38,605
gets to enjoy the execution of the victim.
501
00:30:39,045 --> 00:30:42,805
And then another person,
who even pays twice as much,
502
00:30:43,205 --> 00:30:47,085
gets the trophy, so to speak,
503
00:30:47,445 --> 00:30:51,405
which is usually some remains
of these girls, specifically, their hands
504
00:30:51,485 --> 00:30:54,925
which is what they admire the most,
as if it was a real hunting trophy.
505
00:30:55,485 --> 00:30:58,365
Is it too far-fetched to think
that maybe the Alcàsser girls
506
00:30:58,445 --> 00:31:00,805
could have been victims
of a network of this kind?
507
00:31:00,885 --> 00:31:06,085
Anglés and Ricart didn't carry out
those abhorrent acts on the girls.
508
00:31:06,165 --> 00:31:08,885
The only logical explanation,
if that wasn't the case,
509
00:31:08,965 --> 00:31:11,365
is that they could
obviously be a part of it.
510
00:31:18,165 --> 00:31:21,245
The way I was doing it was the only way.
511
00:31:21,325 --> 00:31:23,205
Making public opinion
512
00:31:24,645 --> 00:31:26,565
feel what I was feeling.
513
00:31:27,525 --> 00:31:30,365
Blanca Estrella Ruiz, representing
Clara Campoamor Association
514
00:31:30,445 --> 00:31:32,565
in defense of women's rights,
515
00:31:32,645 --> 00:31:35,005
stated today in Valencia that she hopes
516
00:31:35,085 --> 00:31:36,805
justice will show more rigor and depth
517
00:31:36,885 --> 00:31:40,445
in the investigation of the murders
of the Alcàsser girls.
518
00:31:44,005 --> 00:31:45,645
POPULAR PROSECUTION
519
00:31:45,725 --> 00:31:47,645
CLARA CAMPOAMOR ASSOCIATION
520
00:31:47,725 --> 00:31:49,605
DEFENDANT
521
00:31:52,165 --> 00:31:53,845
I think these men
522
00:31:53,925 --> 00:31:57,045
Anglés, Ricart and someone else,
were working for someone,
523
00:31:57,365 --> 00:32:00,405
they took the girls to someone
who used them, and that person
524
00:32:00,725 --> 00:32:02,485
asked them to get rid of the girls.
525
00:32:02,565 --> 00:32:05,405
They were working for someone,
and I want to catch him.
526
00:32:05,485 --> 00:32:09,085
Blanca was outraged too
and she joined our cause,
527
00:32:09,645 --> 00:32:11,205
because she saw it was unfair.
528
00:32:12,805 --> 00:32:15,525
Miguel wants the trial to take place
as soon as possible
529
00:32:15,605 --> 00:32:18,005
because he insists that he is innocent
530
00:32:18,365 --> 00:32:21,485
and he just wants it to be proven
as soon as possible.
531
00:32:21,565 --> 00:32:23,845
Since there was this media buzz,
I told him:
532
00:32:23,925 --> 00:32:28,005
"I think you'll have more chances
of being acquitted by a jury,
533
00:32:28,085 --> 00:32:30,245
and we can show the truth that way."
534
00:32:30,325 --> 00:32:31,205
MIGUEL RICART'S LAWYER
535
00:32:31,285 --> 00:32:33,725
-And that was when...
-Why didn't you request it?
536
00:32:33,805 --> 00:32:37,965
Just a week after that,
I was getting the document ready,
537
00:32:38,045 --> 00:32:44,325
when I was notified that Miguel Ricart
had given up my counsel.
538
00:32:44,405 --> 00:32:46,605
I was really surprised.
539
00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:51,405
I thought: "Another weird thing
I'm seeing in this process."
540
00:32:51,485 --> 00:32:52,365
DECEMBER 18, 1993
541
00:32:52,445 --> 00:32:54,765
Miguel Ricart waives
Vicente Quilis' counsel.
542
00:32:54,845 --> 00:32:57,965
He is replaced by lawyer Juan Pitarch.
543
00:32:58,045 --> 00:33:01,765
I know I had Ricart's trust,
because you just know those things.
544
00:33:01,845 --> 00:33:04,565
When a client trusts you,
you just feel it.
545
00:33:04,645 --> 00:33:08,365
My idea was to request a jury trial,
546
00:33:08,445 --> 00:33:11,565
and since we also wanted
to request a polygraph test,
547
00:33:11,645 --> 00:33:16,165
I don't know if some people
were worried or what happened,
548
00:33:16,365 --> 00:33:20,005
but as soon as I said this,
I was taken away from the case.
549
00:33:20,085 --> 00:33:22,805
When Juan Pitarch showed up,
550
00:33:22,885 --> 00:33:25,485
a paralegal
at Herrera de la Mancha prison,
551
00:33:25,965 --> 00:33:28,965
that was when Ricart,
I don't know if persuaded by someone,
552
00:33:29,045 --> 00:33:32,725
because I can't know what was going on
through Ricart's mind,
553
00:33:32,805 --> 00:33:35,205
decides to change his lawyer
and hire this new lawyer.
554
00:33:35,285 --> 00:33:40,285
MIGUEL RICART'S NEW LAWYER
HAS ONLY BEEN WORKING FOR 20 DAYS
555
00:33:40,365 --> 00:33:43,965
The lawyers had gone to prison
with no prior communication.
556
00:33:44,045 --> 00:33:47,605
That showed a huge lack
of professional ethics and respect.
557
00:33:47,685 --> 00:33:51,805
I would never visit
another lawyer's client in prison.
558
00:33:51,885 --> 00:33:54,525
He talks to Miguel Ricart and says,
559
00:33:54,605 --> 00:33:56,685
as Miguel Ricart himself explained,
560
00:33:56,765 --> 00:33:59,285
that Vicente Quilis was managing
his defense very badly,
561
00:33:59,365 --> 00:34:02,205
and he volunteers to do it in his place.
562
00:34:02,285 --> 00:34:03,885
According to what Miguel told me,
563
00:34:04,005 --> 00:34:08,805
he was told that someone had bought
me off and I was deceiving him.
564
00:34:08,885 --> 00:34:12,645
They alarmed him, made him sign
some blank papers,
565
00:34:12,725 --> 00:34:15,045
I think they wanted to have the case file
566
00:34:15,125 --> 00:34:21,245
to know whether or not the people
who participated could be charged,
567
00:34:21,325 --> 00:34:25,405
they checked it out
just for a couple of weeks, not too long,
568
00:34:25,485 --> 00:34:28,925
and when they saw there was no problem,
they gave up Miguel Ricart's defense.
569
00:34:29,005 --> 00:34:34,085
MIGUEL RICART'S NEW LAWYER GIVES UP
HIS DEFENSE 15 DAYS AFTER HIS APPOINTMENT
570
00:34:34,165 --> 00:34:37,565
The changes in lawyers have been odd,
as well as all those maneuvers,
571
00:34:38,325 --> 00:34:42,445
because there is a crucial point here.
Until December 6th,
572
00:34:43,005 --> 00:34:46,325
the Alcàsser case file was
the best kept secret in Spain,
573
00:34:46,405 --> 00:34:49,125
so all these attempts at changing lawyers
574
00:34:49,205 --> 00:34:52,165
were caused by some people's interest,
575
00:34:52,245 --> 00:34:54,285
who maybe should be named at some point,
576
00:34:54,805 --> 00:34:58,125
in knowing whether their names
are in the Alcàsser file,
577
00:34:58,205 --> 00:35:00,045
whether or not they've been investigated.
578
00:35:00,325 --> 00:35:06,245
Juan Pitarch refused to comment
on his brief counseling of Miguel Ricart
579
00:35:06,325 --> 00:35:09,765
alluding to attorney-client
confidentiality.
580
00:35:14,405 --> 00:35:19,765
Miguel Ricart, the only man charged
with the murders who is in prison,
581
00:35:19,845 --> 00:35:23,805
is under probation
after the four-year period
582
00:35:23,885 --> 00:35:26,165
that the law establishes
for pre-trial detention.
583
00:35:26,245 --> 00:35:30,525
This court decision doesn't mean
that Miguel Ricart will get out of jail,
584
00:35:30,965 --> 00:35:35,965
because he is serving two other
four-year sentences for bank robberies.
585
00:35:36,045 --> 00:35:39,445
If he shows good behavior in prison,
he is entitled to those leaves.
586
00:35:39,525 --> 00:35:41,405
If he requests them, they'll be granted.
587
00:35:41,485 --> 00:35:43,365
So the trial must take place earlier.
588
00:35:43,445 --> 00:35:46,245
We're deliberating here
about Miguel Ricart's freedom,
589
00:35:46,325 --> 00:35:48,885
but that's something I don't worry about.
590
00:35:48,965 --> 00:35:53,125
I hope someone will grant me
an interview with Ricart.
591
00:35:53,805 --> 00:35:57,365
I'd like him to be released tomorrow.
I'd wait for him at the gate
592
00:35:57,445 --> 00:35:59,725
and say:
"Hi, Miguel, I've been waiting for you."
593
00:35:59,805 --> 00:36:02,005
We could have a coffee and talk.
594
00:36:02,085 --> 00:36:04,525
-It would be a way...
-So that he gives you some information?
595
00:36:04,605 --> 00:36:06,285
Yes, of course, they won't allow me.
596
00:36:06,365 --> 00:36:09,165
Do you think he has some crucial
information about this case?
597
00:36:09,245 --> 00:36:10,845
Of course he does.
598
00:36:10,925 --> 00:36:14,605
You only need to see all the maneuvers
they're doing with him in prison.
599
00:36:15,245 --> 00:36:18,445
Someone told me not long ago
600
00:36:18,885 --> 00:36:21,205
that he was told to sign
14 blank documents
601
00:36:22,045 --> 00:36:25,165
when he was visited
by several lawyers lately.
602
00:36:25,605 --> 00:36:29,445
If someone could tell us something
about the crime, that was Miguel Ricart.
603
00:36:29,525 --> 00:36:30,565
BAMBU PRODUCCIONES' OFFICE
604
00:36:30,645 --> 00:36:33,245
-What if he didn't want to speak?
-There was a father
605
00:36:33,325 --> 00:36:34,845
whose girl had been murdered.
606
00:36:34,925 --> 00:36:40,045
We're human beings. I don't want
to justify any action by saying this,
607
00:36:40,125 --> 00:36:43,405
but it's very likely that some
primal instincts would take over.
608
00:36:43,485 --> 00:36:46,525
Having in front of you
one of the possible perpetrators
609
00:36:46,605 --> 00:36:49,485
of your daughter's murder
as well as the other girls' murders...
610
00:36:50,405 --> 00:36:53,445
The need for Ricart's trial
to take place before January 1997
611
00:36:53,605 --> 00:36:57,965
has prompted Judge Alicia Valverde's
decision to close the investigation.
612
00:36:58,045 --> 00:37:01,565
Four years of pre-trial detention
will have passed early next year,
613
00:37:01,645 --> 00:37:03,805
the legally allowed length of confinement.
614
00:37:03,925 --> 00:37:07,845
Therefore, if the trial doesn't take place
before that date, he could be released.
615
00:37:07,925 --> 00:37:12,845
ALZIRA'S JUDGE CLOSES THE INVESTIGATION
OF THE ALCÀSSER CASE FOR THE FOURTH TIME
616
00:37:13,405 --> 00:37:19,005
In January 1997, there is tension between
those who want the investigation closed
617
00:37:19,085 --> 00:37:24,925
and those who defend
that it must continue no matter what.
618
00:37:25,005 --> 00:37:29,005
Once the investigation was closed,
Fernando García and Juan Ignacio Blanco
619
00:37:29,085 --> 00:37:33,245
take one step forward
to avoid abandoning the investigation.
620
00:37:33,365 --> 00:37:35,445
JANUARY 27, 1997
621
00:37:35,525 --> 00:37:38,085
I remember I was watching TV that day.
622
00:37:38,165 --> 00:37:41,045
Everybody who followed the case
and watched Mississippi
623
00:37:41,125 --> 00:37:44,005
knew that they were taking
a step further every day.
624
00:37:44,085 --> 00:37:47,285
That live moment on Mississippi
625
00:37:47,365 --> 00:37:48,525
was when, somehow,
626
00:37:49,165 --> 00:37:54,165
I started to question
what I was doing in Alcàsser.
627
00:37:54,725 --> 00:37:57,365
-Where were you at that moment?
-Behind the camera.
628
00:37:57,885 --> 00:38:01,445
These days Valencia is full of gossip.
The can of worms has been opened
629
00:38:01,965 --> 00:38:05,525
and some names of investigated people
have come to light.
630
00:38:06,205 --> 00:38:09,525
I remember when Pepe Navarro
makes the comment
631
00:38:09,925 --> 00:38:13,125
about some names being revealed,
632
00:38:13,205 --> 00:38:16,365
that some information
had been revealed in Valencia.
633
00:38:16,485 --> 00:38:20,565
I started to get angry then,
because I thought:
634
00:38:20,645 --> 00:38:23,285
"Where are they getting at?
What are they talking about?"
635
00:38:23,725 --> 00:38:27,725
Juan Ignacio, is it true that the media
in Valencia has been revealing names
636
00:38:27,805 --> 00:38:30,085
of possible perpetrators
637
00:38:30,525 --> 00:38:34,005
-of this horrible crime?
-Yes.
638
00:38:34,085 --> 00:38:37,285
In one radio network in Valencia...
639
00:38:37,365 --> 00:38:39,165
What I said on Mississippi
640
00:38:39,645 --> 00:38:42,765
was caused by two specific facts.
641
00:38:42,845 --> 00:38:46,605
First, because
it had been said on that same day
642
00:38:46,685 --> 00:38:48,365
on another network,
643
00:38:49,525 --> 00:38:52,085
and that is the Onda Cero
radio network in Valencia.
644
00:38:52,645 --> 00:38:56,645
When Juan Ignacio Blanco makes the claim
645
00:38:56,725 --> 00:39:00,885
that some names had been revealed
on a radio network in Valencia,
646
00:39:00,965 --> 00:39:06,565
I literally threw up my hands in horror,
647
00:39:07,005 --> 00:39:09,525
I started to make
some uncontrollable movements
648
00:39:09,605 --> 00:39:14,885
as if trying to tell him:
"What are you talking about? Stop!"
649
00:39:14,965 --> 00:39:19,605
One of the names is Alfonso Calvé,
former civil governor of Alicante,
650
00:39:19,685 --> 00:39:22,485
as one of the alleged
perpetrators of this crime.
651
00:39:22,565 --> 00:39:25,565
Luis Solana's name has also been mentioned
652
00:39:26,125 --> 00:39:29,765
as one of the participants
in these aberrant acts.
653
00:39:29,845 --> 00:39:33,005
We have to say that more people
are being investigated,
654
00:39:33,085 --> 00:39:36,605
such as a film producer who lives
in La Moraleja, just like Alfonso Calvé,
655
00:39:37,085 --> 00:39:39,445
a psychiatrist
and former civil governor of Alicante,
656
00:39:39,925 --> 00:39:41,205
Mr. Bermúdez de Castro.
657
00:39:41,685 --> 00:39:44,525
Francisco Laína has also been mentioned,
658
00:39:44,605 --> 00:39:47,205
who had been Secretary
of State for Security.
659
00:39:47,605 --> 00:39:52,885
There is no evidence of the revelation
of these names on Onda Cero Valencia.
660
00:39:52,965 --> 00:39:58,525
Second, because according
to the conversations we'd had
661
00:40:00,325 --> 00:40:02,005
with the Ministry of the Interior,
662
00:40:03,005 --> 00:40:05,445
the only specific thing
that had been discussed
663
00:40:06,005 --> 00:40:08,325
was that these people
were being investigated.
664
00:40:08,405 --> 00:40:11,045
We're talking about very important people
665
00:40:11,365 --> 00:40:12,765
in high political positions,
666
00:40:12,845 --> 00:40:16,445
and we're talking about people
with major economic power
667
00:40:16,525 --> 00:40:20,005
who are being investigated,
not only by the police,
668
00:40:20,085 --> 00:40:24,765
but also by the army's
intelligence service, CESID.
669
00:40:24,845 --> 00:40:26,285
That is an indisputable fact
670
00:40:26,565 --> 00:40:29,645
and it is totally perceptible.
671
00:40:31,445 --> 00:40:35,845
Do you remember if this revelation
on prime time had an impact on society
672
00:40:35,925 --> 00:40:38,165
or at least on the ministry's activities
the following day?
673
00:40:38,245 --> 00:40:39,805
MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR (1996-2001)
674
00:40:39,885 --> 00:40:41,005
I don't remember it myself.
675
00:40:41,085 --> 00:40:43,725
But hearing it now,
it seems to me like a low blow.
676
00:40:44,525 --> 00:40:47,005
Using those names
677
00:40:47,565 --> 00:40:51,685
to allegedly implicate them,
the moral prejudice caused is very high.
678
00:40:51,765 --> 00:40:54,325
Giving out those names
in that public window,
679
00:40:54,405 --> 00:41:00,565
which, at least in my case,
were just notes on a paper,
680
00:41:00,645 --> 00:41:01,965
and having no means
681
00:41:02,405 --> 00:41:05,005
of connecting them to the case,
682
00:41:05,445 --> 00:41:08,205
seemed to me like a big mistake.
683
00:41:11,565 --> 00:41:13,765
The following day, in Alcàsser,
684
00:41:14,165 --> 00:41:18,245
when we got to Fernando's home,
almost his whole family was there,
685
00:41:18,325 --> 00:41:20,525
and more or less told us:
686
00:41:20,605 --> 00:41:24,245
"Thank God you're here safe."
687
00:41:24,325 --> 00:41:26,845
What had been done
the night before on the show...
688
00:41:26,925 --> 00:41:28,365
...a public explanation...
689
00:41:28,445 --> 00:41:31,525
...could be the trigger
690
00:41:31,605 --> 00:41:34,085
for someone to try to get rid of us.
691
00:41:34,725 --> 00:41:39,605
At that moment, Fernando opened his arms
trying to reassure his family
692
00:41:40,485 --> 00:41:42,925
and said: "Don't worry, we're fine.
693
00:41:43,325 --> 00:41:45,565
Don't worry, because this..."
694
00:41:45,645 --> 00:41:48,645
He continued in his role
695
00:41:48,725 --> 00:41:51,925
as a valiant father
with an extraordinary strength.
696
00:41:52,405 --> 00:41:56,045
I interrupted him and said:
"Look, Fernando, this is enough.
697
00:41:56,845 --> 00:41:59,365
Please sit down, we're no longer
in the street
698
00:41:59,445 --> 00:42:02,565
or on the TV set.
I think this has to end here.
699
00:42:02,645 --> 00:42:05,805
What you two did last night on the show
700
00:42:06,165 --> 00:42:08,365
is total nonsense."
701
00:42:09,845 --> 00:42:13,645
As I was enraged,
I even used very harsh words
702
00:42:14,245 --> 00:42:18,805
which I regret today
as I regretted back then.
703
00:42:19,045 --> 00:42:21,765
"Fernando, excuse me,
but what you did last night
704
00:42:21,845 --> 00:42:24,325
not even your daughter's
murderers did this."
705
00:42:24,405 --> 00:42:27,085
Then, Fernando did look up,
706
00:42:27,565 --> 00:42:29,365
stared at me intently,
707
00:42:29,445 --> 00:42:33,325
and at that moment I felt
708
00:42:33,405 --> 00:42:38,565
that the moment of my crucifixion
in my relationship with him had come.
709
00:42:45,045 --> 00:42:46,445
Big national commotion.
710
00:42:46,525 --> 00:42:49,725
Last night, up to 7.5 million people
followed at some point
711
00:42:49,805 --> 00:42:52,285
what we showed and said
about the Alcàsser case.
712
00:42:52,365 --> 00:42:54,645
Juan Ignacio Blanco and Fernando García
713
00:42:54,725 --> 00:42:57,685
are here with us again tonight
to explain themselves.
714
00:42:57,765 --> 00:43:00,565
Why did you talk
about some names last night
715
00:43:00,925 --> 00:43:03,525
when you hadn't done that so far?
716
00:43:03,605 --> 00:43:05,765
Why did you reveal those names last night?
717
00:43:06,405 --> 00:43:10,085
We have actual evidence,
because the documents are real,
718
00:43:10,525 --> 00:43:14,725
that they are being investigated
because of their possible involvement,
719
00:43:14,805 --> 00:43:19,165
but we never meant that they have
anything to do with the case.
720
00:43:19,245 --> 00:43:22,285
However, we could have revealed
the names of many more people
721
00:43:22,565 --> 00:43:26,125
who would be familiar to all our viewers,
722
00:43:26,685 --> 00:43:29,965
and who have been
or are being investigated.
723
00:43:30,925 --> 00:43:36,645
That alleged involvement
of these important men,
724
00:43:36,725 --> 00:43:42,005
I'm sure that if there had been
any information, I'd have been warned
725
00:43:42,925 --> 00:43:45,885
by the law enforcement institutions.
726
00:43:46,565 --> 00:43:51,605
This was all nonsense to me,
like a tall tale.
727
00:43:52,965 --> 00:43:57,285
This is even the first time
I'm hearing those names.
728
00:43:58,085 --> 00:44:04,245
ALFONSO CALVÉ SUES "THE MISSISSIPPI" SHOW
AND FERNANDO GARCÍA
729
00:44:04,325 --> 00:44:07,845
ONE MORE LAWSUIT AGAINST PEPE NAVARRO
ON ACCOUNT OF THE ALCÀSSER CASE
730
00:44:07,925 --> 00:44:10,765
FILED BY FILM PRODUCER BERMÚDEZ DE CASTRO
731
00:44:10,845 --> 00:44:14,805
ALCÀSSER CASE: GRANADOS CLAIMS
FERNANDO GARCÍA'S ACCUSATIONS ARE NONSENSE
732
00:44:14,885 --> 00:44:18,365
We have Francisco Granados on the phone.
733
00:44:18,445 --> 00:44:21,965
Government delegate in Valencia
at the time of the Alcàsser case.
734
00:44:22,045 --> 00:44:23,365
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1997
735
00:44:23,445 --> 00:44:24,925
He is one of the people you mentioned
736
00:44:25,005 --> 00:44:28,125
who should or could say
something about it.
737
00:44:28,205 --> 00:44:30,125
-Mr. Granados, good evening.
-Good evening.
738
00:44:30,205 --> 00:44:31,245
FORMER GOVERNMENT DELEGATE
739
00:44:31,805 --> 00:44:35,245
It is complicated to talk about someone
who has already passed away,
740
00:44:35,325 --> 00:44:39,165
because he can't counter
anything that we say,
741
00:44:39,245 --> 00:44:43,205
but Mr. Granados, in a phone
conversation with us that morning,
742
00:44:43,285 --> 00:44:47,445
knowing that he was going
to take part on Pepe Navarro's show,
743
00:44:47,525 --> 00:44:50,165
he somehow gave us his support.
744
00:44:50,685 --> 00:44:54,485
Finally a figure in authority
sided with us.
745
00:44:54,565 --> 00:44:58,205
In that conversation, he tried
to take us for a ride
746
00:44:58,285 --> 00:45:02,285
by telling us that we could count
on his support for our cause.
747
00:45:02,365 --> 00:45:06,685
I want the viewers watching the show
748
00:45:06,765 --> 00:45:08,725
to come around.
749
00:45:08,805 --> 00:45:11,285
What you did was
turn into a playing field,
750
00:45:11,365 --> 00:45:13,525
-Mr. Granados...
-the investigation of the case.
751
00:45:13,605 --> 00:45:16,805
-Mr. Granados, please.
-Why don't you take that evidence
752
00:45:16,885 --> 00:45:19,205
-Mr. Granados, please.
-and bring it to court?
753
00:45:19,845 --> 00:45:24,085
If we forget that there is a requirement
to provide proof, this will be the jungle.
754
00:45:24,605 --> 00:45:27,365
The higher you aim,
the more viewers you'll have.
755
00:45:27,445 --> 00:45:31,045
As you may know, I can tell you
that I've been defenseless
756
00:45:31,125 --> 00:45:34,005
with Mr. Romero Villafranca,
president of the Bar Association...
757
00:45:34,085 --> 00:45:37,605
-Don't say that about the president.
-I've been totally defenseless.
758
00:45:37,685 --> 00:45:40,605
I've been defenseless
for almost four years
759
00:45:40,685 --> 00:45:44,245
because I haven't had access
to a single page of the case file.
760
00:45:44,525 --> 00:45:47,125
And when I've had it in my power,
I realized
761
00:45:47,525 --> 00:45:50,365
that the file was forged
and badly investigated.
762
00:45:50,445 --> 00:45:51,725
JANUARY 1997
763
00:45:53,885 --> 00:45:56,885
JANUARY 29
SOME NAMES ARE REVEALED ON TV
764
00:45:56,965 --> 00:46:00,005
JANUARY 30
GRANADOS MAKES A LIVE CALL
765
00:46:04,725 --> 00:46:07,045
FEBRUARY 3, 1997
5 DAYS AFTER REVEALING THE NAMES ON AIR
766
00:46:07,125 --> 00:46:09,685
When I arrived,
the first thing Juan Ignacio said was:
767
00:46:09,765 --> 00:46:15,565
"Tonight we'll have to apologize
for revealing the names last time."
768
00:46:15,645 --> 00:46:17,525
Pepe has been reprimanded.
769
00:46:17,605 --> 00:46:20,445
He was called from above and they told him
770
00:46:20,525 --> 00:46:23,725
that we should retract
and apologize publicly
771
00:46:23,805 --> 00:46:25,805
or Tele 5 would be shut down.
772
00:46:28,445 --> 00:46:30,485
Then I said: "What are you talking about?"
773
00:46:30,565 --> 00:46:34,645
And he said: "Yes, yes, Pepe hasn't
been given any other choice."
774
00:46:34,845 --> 00:46:38,245
"They're not saying they
will shut down Mississippi, but Tele 5."
775
00:46:40,845 --> 00:46:43,805
Fernando García and Juan Ignacio Blanco
are with us tonight.
776
00:46:43,885 --> 00:46:45,645
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1997
777
00:46:45,725 --> 00:46:48,565
Fernando, do you have any comments
about what I just mentioned?
778
00:46:48,645 --> 00:46:53,525
Maybe the other day I went too far
by using your show
779
00:46:53,605 --> 00:46:56,405
to give some names
that I shouldn't have given.
780
00:46:56,765 --> 00:46:59,565
Therefore, I want to apologize publicly.
781
00:47:00,565 --> 00:47:05,485
-Juan Ignacio?
-Well, like Fernando García,
782
00:47:05,805 --> 00:47:09,045
the truth is I'd like to apologize
783
00:47:09,125 --> 00:47:12,805
for breaking a rule that I've known
from the time I worked
784
00:47:12,885 --> 00:47:15,205
on your show,
which is not giving any names.
785
00:47:15,285 --> 00:47:20,205
I want to apologize not only to you
but to all the people...
786
00:47:20,285 --> 00:47:22,405
Those were two, three nights
of total anxiety.
787
00:47:22,485 --> 00:47:23,325
LEVANTE NEWSPAPER
788
00:47:23,405 --> 00:47:26,005
We started to publish it
just telling what...
789
00:47:26,085 --> 00:47:28,365
-What they were saying.
-What they were saying.
790
00:47:28,445 --> 00:47:30,485
The girl's father, Fernando García,
791
00:47:30,565 --> 00:47:34,365
accuses four important personalities
of being the instigators of the killings.
792
00:47:34,445 --> 00:47:37,525
I said that that was outrageous
and we should do something about it.
793
00:47:37,605 --> 00:47:39,525
And the editor said: "Go ahead."
794
00:47:39,925 --> 00:47:44,765
And that was the origin of the article
"Unsubstantiated" published that Sunday,
795
00:47:45,405 --> 00:47:48,045
but also the origin of the campaign...
796
00:47:48,125 --> 00:47:49,845
JOURNALISTS
797
00:47:49,925 --> 00:47:53,365
...that went on until May 12, 1997,
the day the trial started,
798
00:47:54,365 --> 00:47:58,965
where we fought on unequal terms
and with all we had...
799
00:47:59,045 --> 00:47:59,885
Totally.
800
00:47:59,965 --> 00:48:03,325
We were the little David
against the Goliath that a TV network is,
801
00:48:03,405 --> 00:48:05,205
just to tell the truth.
802
00:48:06,405 --> 00:48:10,565
Only the truth, not the official
or unofficial versions, but the truth.
803
00:48:11,805 --> 00:48:15,085
On Sunday, February 2, 1997,
four days after revealing the names live,
804
00:48:15,165 --> 00:48:18,765
the newspaper Levante-EMV published
the article "Unsubstantiated",
805
00:48:18,845 --> 00:48:21,205
confronting Fernando García's thesis.
806
00:48:21,285 --> 00:48:24,645
UNSUBSTANTIATED
TWO READINGS FROM THE SAME CASE FILE
807
00:48:24,725 --> 00:48:28,805
FERNANDO GARCÍA'S THESIS
808
00:48:28,885 --> 00:48:32,725
THE CIVIL GUARD VERSION
809
00:48:32,805 --> 00:48:36,285
Tomorrow, this man will file a lawsuit
810
00:48:37,005 --> 00:48:39,365
against the newspaper Levante
811
00:48:39,605 --> 00:48:40,605
in Valencia.
812
00:48:40,765 --> 00:48:44,205
The newspaper Levante
accused him of having...
813
00:48:44,285 --> 00:48:45,525
PROFITABLE DELUSIONS
814
00:48:45,605 --> 00:48:50,045
..."profitable delusions" thanks
to his daughter's murder. Word for word.
815
00:48:50,125 --> 00:48:52,725
According to this paper,
citing Civil Guard sources,
816
00:48:52,805 --> 00:48:55,925
what Juan Ignacio Blanco and
Fernando García said is unsubstantiated.
817
00:48:56,005 --> 00:48:59,085
BLOOD: NOT A SINGLE DROP IN THE HOUSE,
THE MATTRASSES OR RICART'S CAR
818
00:48:59,165 --> 00:49:04,365
BLOOD: HEMORRHAGES WERE ONLY CAUSED
IN THE MOUTH INSIDE THE CAR
819
00:49:04,445 --> 00:49:09,205
DOUBLE BURIAL: THE GIRLS WERE BURIED
AND THEN LATER REBURIED IN LA ROMANA
820
00:49:09,285 --> 00:49:12,725
For the first time,
someone said "no" to the father.
821
00:49:12,805 --> 00:49:15,605
No one had said anything against
Fernando García up until that moment.
822
00:49:15,685 --> 00:49:20,005
The reaction was immediate.
Our telephone line was blocked.
823
00:49:20,645 --> 00:49:23,685
The person we had at the reception
back then, Julia,
824
00:49:24,245 --> 00:49:28,405
heard "bitch" around 200 times
every morning.
825
00:49:29,085 --> 00:49:33,365
The insults were directed towards her,
her family, our families,
826
00:49:33,445 --> 00:49:36,485
the whole newspaper, there were threats...
827
00:49:36,645 --> 00:49:39,205
A lot of people canceled
their subscriptions.
828
00:49:40,085 --> 00:49:42,165
When someone, categorically,
829
00:49:42,325 --> 00:49:45,245
on a TV show with a big
and growing viewership
830
00:49:45,925 --> 00:49:47,245
throws a bomb like that...
831
00:49:48,725 --> 00:49:51,525
Fortunately, people aren't experts
in criminal investigations,
832
00:49:51,605 --> 00:49:54,925
but if one is called "criminologist"
and the other one is called "father",
833
00:49:55,005 --> 00:49:56,565
-what they say must be true.
-Sure.
834
00:49:56,645 --> 00:49:59,765
-Anything visceral leaves a deeper mark.
-And we suffered a lot.
835
00:50:09,605 --> 00:50:12,605
This whole issue around these girls
836
00:50:12,685 --> 00:50:14,845
involves a black hand with a lot of money.
837
00:50:15,085 --> 00:50:19,325
They pay people in jail
to kidnap those girls.
838
00:50:19,405 --> 00:50:21,805
What's your opinion on
what Fernando is doing?
839
00:50:21,885 --> 00:50:23,685
Wonderful.
840
00:50:23,765 --> 00:50:25,445
As a father, it's his obligation.
841
00:50:25,525 --> 00:50:29,325
There is no father like him in the world
because he has left no stone unturned.
842
00:50:29,405 --> 00:50:33,485
Fernando is doing a great deal,
because he's moving the whole country.
843
00:50:33,565 --> 00:50:38,125
The hope of finding the criminal
keeps him going.
844
00:50:38,205 --> 00:50:40,525
Wonderful, we all support him
in this town.
845
00:50:41,005 --> 00:50:43,525
We think that he is fighting hard.
846
00:50:43,605 --> 00:50:44,445
Thanks.
847
00:50:46,445 --> 00:50:52,205
In town, most people thought
that Fernando did everything
848
00:50:52,645 --> 00:50:55,485
and I wasn't doing anything.
I had stayed at home
849
00:50:55,565 --> 00:51:00,005
and didn't want to know anything about it,
I didn't want to know who'd killed her.
850
00:51:00,285 --> 00:51:01,685
No, that's wrong.
851
00:51:03,525 --> 00:51:05,965
I did want to know
who had killed my daughter.
852
00:51:07,525 --> 00:51:10,125
And I wanted him to pay
and I still want him to pay.
853
00:51:11,125 --> 00:51:12,805
What I don't want to do is to lie.
854
00:51:13,685 --> 00:51:15,605
I want reality, not fantasy.
855
00:51:15,685 --> 00:51:17,525
Rosa began to...
856
00:51:19,525 --> 00:51:21,445
refuse to go on with the investigation.
857
00:51:21,525 --> 00:51:22,365
TOÑI'S SISTER
858
00:51:22,445 --> 00:51:24,965
But at first, we were all
pulling in the same direction.
859
00:51:25,045 --> 00:51:29,005
But then Rosa said
that she trusted justice,
860
00:51:29,645 --> 00:51:31,445
the version they were giving.
861
00:51:31,525 --> 00:51:35,045
Let's hear what one
of the mothers told us.
862
00:51:35,285 --> 00:51:38,605
She seems to disagree
with what's being said on this show
863
00:51:39,085 --> 00:51:41,845
and with our way of handling the topic.
864
00:51:41,925 --> 00:51:44,085
Listen to what this woman
had to say about us.
865
00:51:44,805 --> 00:51:46,885
I want Spain to know...
866
00:51:46,965 --> 00:51:48,165
DESIREE'S MOTHER
867
00:51:48,245 --> 00:51:51,525
...that I don't agree
with what's being done
868
00:51:51,605 --> 00:51:53,725
on Pepe Navarro's show.
869
00:51:54,285 --> 00:51:58,205
Everything that's being revealed
about what they did to the girls
870
00:51:58,525 --> 00:52:01,365
has been very hard for me.
871
00:52:01,645 --> 00:52:06,485
I know that you're a proper journalist,
but Pepe Navarro has no principles.
872
00:52:06,685 --> 00:52:10,525
And the man who brought the case file
is just like him.
873
00:52:10,605 --> 00:52:14,405
They are shameless. They have no heart.
874
00:52:14,805 --> 00:52:18,245
-Fernando, do you understand Rosa?
-Yes, of course I understand her.
875
00:52:18,325 --> 00:52:23,485
And I understand Rosa,
she is a woman who has been used
876
00:52:23,645 --> 00:52:27,285
to say negative things about me
at one point.
877
00:52:27,365 --> 00:52:30,845
But are you sure that you
haven't been used too, Fernando?
878
00:52:32,485 --> 00:52:35,725
The ones who can use another are not
those who want, but those who can.
879
00:52:35,805 --> 00:52:40,125
That TV network has played with his head
on that show.
880
00:52:40,205 --> 00:52:44,525
People have watched him every night,
I know the whole country watched him.
881
00:52:45,125 --> 00:52:47,805
But people think
that what he says is true.
882
00:52:49,405 --> 00:52:53,525
And I was upset when I heard him
and I was being told certain things.
883
00:52:54,685 --> 00:52:56,285
I've suffered a great deal.
884
00:52:56,365 --> 00:52:59,165
The whole time that show was on,
I've suffered a great deal.
885
00:52:59,725 --> 00:53:03,525
Rosa knew about her daughter's wounds
886
00:53:04,405 --> 00:53:08,805
because Fernando and Juan Ignacio
showed photographs on the show
887
00:53:09,085 --> 00:53:11,445
where they detailed
888
00:53:13,605 --> 00:53:17,365
meticulously each one
of the wounds she had.
889
00:53:17,445 --> 00:53:20,165
I understand that this is
something painful.
890
00:53:20,245 --> 00:53:22,165
Especially for me, I'm Míriam's father.
891
00:53:23,565 --> 00:53:26,205
To have access to these photographs,
we had to steal them.
892
00:53:27,245 --> 00:53:31,485
We had to steal
what we should have by rights.
893
00:53:31,565 --> 00:53:35,525
MISSISSIPPI'S RATINGS SKYROCKET
THANKS TO ALCÀSSER
894
00:53:35,605 --> 00:53:37,405
What's that document, Juan Ignacio?
895
00:53:37,485 --> 00:53:40,445
This is a report recently finished
by Professor Frontela.
896
00:53:40,525 --> 00:53:43,245
It is a detailed and meticulous analysis
897
00:53:43,765 --> 00:53:46,485
of the rug, or at least one of the rugs,
898
00:53:46,565 --> 00:53:48,565
that were used to wrap up
the girls' bodies.
899
00:53:51,365 --> 00:53:55,725
We agreed with Fernando's thesis
for a long time.
900
00:53:55,805 --> 00:53:59,645
We were always trying to make
901
00:54:00,005 --> 00:54:04,245
the investigation
as comprehensive as possible.
902
00:54:04,325 --> 00:54:10,125
In that process, at some point,
a few distorting elements appear.
903
00:54:10,205 --> 00:54:13,925
For example, I remember
that I was very surprised
904
00:54:14,085 --> 00:54:16,725
when he put the rug into question
905
00:54:16,805 --> 00:54:19,085
saying that it was a Persian carpet,
or something like that.
906
00:54:19,165 --> 00:54:20,285
POPULAR PROSECUTION ATTORNEY
907
00:54:22,325 --> 00:54:23,405
There was no evidence.
908
00:54:23,805 --> 00:54:26,565
Let's talk about those rugs,
there seems to be some evidence.
909
00:54:26,805 --> 00:54:32,165
Antonio Carrascosa, lieutenant colonel
who conducted the investigation,
910
00:54:32,245 --> 00:54:36,565
had an interview with Fernando García,
and he can tell us everything about it.
911
00:54:36,645 --> 00:54:40,445
One of the things I said was
that I wanted to see that rug.
912
00:54:40,765 --> 00:54:44,925
He called me and told me
that the rug I was talking about,
913
00:54:45,005 --> 00:54:48,845
a sergeant of the Patraix station
914
00:54:48,925 --> 00:54:51,445
mistook it for some old junk
and burned it.
915
00:54:51,685 --> 00:54:53,885
Mr. Carboneres, who dug out the bodies,
916
00:54:53,965 --> 00:54:58,525
told us that it was a good thick carpet
917
00:54:58,605 --> 00:55:00,925
and its color was blue.
918
00:55:01,005 --> 00:55:03,165
His theory was something like:
919
00:55:04,005 --> 00:55:07,925
"Some people say it's gray
and others say it's blue.
920
00:55:08,005 --> 00:55:09,485
That means there are two rugs.
921
00:55:10,245 --> 00:55:13,805
One has been hidden while the other
is the one in the case file."
922
00:55:13,885 --> 00:55:18,085
There is a blue rug
which has never been found.
923
00:55:18,165 --> 00:55:21,525
However, that one doesn't have
anything to do with the one we'll see now.
924
00:55:21,605 --> 00:55:25,325
This is the brown rug with long threads,
925
00:55:25,405 --> 00:55:28,285
analyzed now four and a half years later
by Professor Frontela.
926
00:55:28,405 --> 00:55:30,565
That rug was dug out at night.
927
00:55:30,645 --> 00:55:34,645
It had been stained with mud
928
00:55:34,725 --> 00:55:37,525
and the liquids of decomposition.
929
00:55:37,845 --> 00:55:42,525
Some people could have thought the rug
was one color and others another color.
930
00:55:42,765 --> 00:55:45,525
But one shouldn't infer from that
931
00:55:45,725 --> 00:55:48,845
that there was another carpet,
let alone Persian.
932
00:55:49,165 --> 00:55:54,045
And it's even more implausible to think
that if there was a very valuable carpet,
933
00:55:54,165 --> 00:55:57,125
because it was his thesis
and I don't know where he got that from,
934
00:55:58,125 --> 00:56:02,685
that meant that a very important person
had taken part in the crime.
935
00:56:02,765 --> 00:56:05,685
What did Professor Frontela find
on that infamous rug?
936
00:56:05,765 --> 00:56:07,525
First, he found blood.
937
00:56:07,605 --> 00:56:09,685
He found three semen stains.
938
00:56:09,765 --> 00:56:13,125
-Had something been found the first time?
-No, I'm very surprised
939
00:56:13,205 --> 00:56:16,285
because I know the work
of Toxicology Institute in Madrid,
940
00:56:16,365 --> 00:56:18,805
where they've kept that rug
for more than four years,
941
00:56:18,885 --> 00:56:21,845
and we should note that the rug
is crucial for the investigation,
942
00:56:21,925 --> 00:56:24,565
because the girls' bodies
were wrapped in it.
943
00:56:25,805 --> 00:56:29,285
In the months before the hearing,
the trial by media begins to take shape.
944
00:56:29,365 --> 00:56:31,965
Blanca Estrella Ruiz
goes with Fernando to the show.
945
00:56:32,045 --> 00:56:35,845
Here we have with us tonight,
Fernando García, Míriam's father.
946
00:56:35,925 --> 00:56:37,245
-Good evening.
-Good evening.
947
00:56:37,485 --> 00:56:40,805
And Blanca Estrella,
of Clara Campoamor Association.
948
00:56:41,085 --> 00:56:44,365
Together with them
and Juan Ignacio Blanco, we'll try to...
949
00:56:44,445 --> 00:56:49,645
She told me that she had been invited
to participate on Mississippi.
950
00:56:49,725 --> 00:56:50,765
I advised her not to.
951
00:56:54,005 --> 00:56:58,365
She did go, and from that moment,
952
00:56:58,445 --> 00:57:03,045
she distanced herself
from Fernando García.
953
00:57:03,525 --> 00:57:05,045
I was asked to go to Mississippi.
954
00:57:05,525 --> 00:57:07,365
We were three and I was in the middle.
955
00:57:07,445 --> 00:57:11,845
And I suddenly saw on a wall
at some distance
956
00:57:11,925 --> 00:57:14,965
something written...
I don't remember the name of the host.
957
00:57:15,045 --> 00:57:15,885
Pepe Navarro.
958
00:57:16,325 --> 00:57:19,405
Navarro, question to Fernando. This one.
959
00:57:19,885 --> 00:57:22,485
Fernando, reply to Navarro.
960
00:57:22,565 --> 00:57:25,405
That was when I realized
about the question and the reply.
961
00:57:25,485 --> 00:57:28,485
Fernando had to reply that it was some
white collar guy and the question was:
962
00:57:28,565 --> 00:57:32,205
"Fernando, do you think
it was someone important?"
963
00:57:32,285 --> 00:57:36,245
Fernando was going to reply
and then I said: "Fernando, excuse me.
964
00:57:36,765 --> 00:57:38,445
Let's see, I'm going to answer that."
965
00:57:38,525 --> 00:57:40,325
Who killed the Alcàsser girls?
966
00:57:40,805 --> 00:57:44,125
At least, Miguel Ricart
clearly killed Desirée.
967
00:57:44,205 --> 00:57:49,285
And if you allow me, I'll talk
to the camera and to Miguel Ricart.
968
00:57:49,365 --> 00:57:51,125
Which is my camera?
969
00:57:51,205 --> 00:57:53,605
-Which is my camera?
-That one over there.
970
00:57:53,685 --> 00:57:57,445
Look, I don't respect you because you're
an animal, but let me tell you something.
971
00:57:57,925 --> 00:58:02,205
Maybe your lawyer took you for a ride.
Animals can also dream freely.
972
00:58:02,485 --> 00:58:05,765
Justice will judge you
and we want you sentenced.
973
00:58:06,245 --> 00:58:07,485
We will sentence you.
974
00:58:07,565 --> 00:58:10,765
Society already did, as well
as our association, and now justice will.
975
00:58:10,845 --> 00:58:13,725
Clara Campoamor Association
won't forgive you.
976
00:58:14,925 --> 00:58:15,925
They almost killed me.
977
00:58:16,005 --> 00:58:18,005
What happened with Mississippi,
978
00:58:19,005 --> 00:58:20,485
and she noticed,
979
00:58:22,165 --> 00:58:23,365
was that...
980
00:58:23,605 --> 00:58:27,205
we had forgotten about the defendant.
981
00:58:27,525 --> 00:58:31,965
However, we talked about other people
982
00:58:32,485 --> 00:58:36,405
who could have participated
through all those conspiracy theories.
983
00:58:36,645 --> 00:58:39,605
Actually, when we did talk
about the defendant
984
00:58:39,685 --> 00:58:44,165
was to highlight that the defendant
hadn't taken part in the crime.
985
00:58:44,245 --> 00:58:47,205
And that was almost an insult.
986
00:58:47,285 --> 00:58:50,965
ALCÀSSER, THE POPULAR PROSECUTION
DISTANCES ITSELF FROM FERNANDO GARCÍA
987
00:58:51,045 --> 00:58:53,365
Fernando, it has often been said
988
00:58:53,445 --> 00:58:58,525
that the media have used your tragedy
989
00:58:59,085 --> 00:59:02,645
to get viewers and make some profit.
990
00:59:02,725 --> 00:59:06,405
Matilde, Luisa, Fernando,
everyone here from the family.
991
00:59:06,485 --> 00:59:08,045
Do you feel used?
992
00:59:08,565 --> 00:59:13,485
I use the media
when I want my voice to be heard.
993
00:59:14,645 --> 00:59:19,765
If I didn't have that window
to lean into the houses of Spain,
994
00:59:19,885 --> 00:59:24,205
I'd be like Jesus Christ preaching
in the desert and no one would hear me.
995
00:59:24,725 --> 00:59:26,565
So I use the media.
996
00:59:26,645 --> 00:59:29,925
But the media also uses
997
00:59:30,005 --> 00:59:32,445
the need of the Spanish people to know,
998
00:59:32,685 --> 00:59:34,205
and that translates into viewers.
999
00:59:34,285 --> 00:59:37,965
But God bless the curious viewers
who want to know more
1000
00:59:38,925 --> 00:59:41,005
about what is happening with our children.
1001
00:59:42,445 --> 00:59:45,125
PROVINCIAL HIGH COURT
VALENCIA
1002
00:59:45,205 --> 00:59:47,125
The long-awaited trial has a date.
1003
00:59:47,205 --> 00:59:50,845
The trial of the Alcàsser case
will take place on May 12th.
1004
00:59:50,925 --> 00:59:54,125
The only defendant will be Miguel Ricart.
1005
00:59:54,325 --> 00:59:57,125
The tension is obvious.
The people from this Valencian town
1006
00:59:57,685 --> 01:00:01,645
have demonstrated to request
the cancellation of the trial.
1007
01:00:01,725 --> 01:00:04,645
-The families of the girls...
-To request the cancellation...
1008
01:00:04,725 --> 01:00:06,725
They want to accuse Ricart.
1009
01:00:06,805 --> 01:00:09,125
He is a scapegoat, it's as plain as day.
1010
01:00:09,205 --> 01:00:11,885
It is obvious that nothing is clear.
1011
01:00:11,965 --> 01:00:15,725
There has been more controversy. Fernando
García considers the trial a farce...
1012
01:00:15,805 --> 01:00:19,205
Fernando García, Míriam's father,
requests the cancellation of the trial
1013
01:00:19,285 --> 01:00:21,525
and wants the whole investigation
to be reviewed.
1014
01:00:21,605 --> 01:00:23,885
I don't want to participate
in this circus.
1015
01:00:23,965 --> 01:00:26,645
I don't want to be a part
of this weird setup.
1016
01:00:26,725 --> 01:00:29,925
The popular prosecution have announced
that they will request the adjournment
1017
01:00:30,005 --> 01:00:31,445
as soon as the hearing starts,
1018
01:00:31,525 --> 01:00:34,325
and two days ago,
a forensic report was published
1019
01:00:34,405 --> 01:00:36,205
that could change the investigation again.
1020
01:00:36,405 --> 01:00:40,205
Forty-eight hours before the trial
started, the results of two new tests
1021
01:00:40,285 --> 01:00:42,765
to uncover the perpetrators
were published.
1022
01:00:42,845 --> 01:00:45,285
The bodies of the girls had been washed
1023
01:00:45,365 --> 01:00:48,525
to destroy all evidence
and prevent them from being analyzed.
1024
01:00:48,605 --> 01:00:51,845
But Professor Frontela managed
to collect countless hairs
1025
01:00:51,925 --> 01:00:54,605
and we're still asking them
to be analyzed.
1026
01:00:54,685 --> 01:00:55,605
FORENSIC DOCTOR
1027
01:00:55,685 --> 01:00:58,645
...and nothing is kept away
from me, I will.
1028
01:00:58,725 --> 01:01:01,765
An analysis of 15 hairs
found on the girls' bodies,
1029
01:01:02,205 --> 01:01:06,925
and none of them belongs to Miguel Ricart,
only defendant in the case.
1030
01:01:07,005 --> 01:01:11,725
The only conclusive evidence
against him is his own self-incrimination.
1031
01:01:12,085 --> 01:01:14,005
That is why they don't like the fact
1032
01:01:14,085 --> 01:01:18,205
that the process to determine
how and who killed the three girls
1033
01:01:18,285 --> 01:01:20,845
will start next Monday the 12th
at the High Court of Valencia.
1034
01:01:21,485 --> 01:01:24,605
We are with Fernando!
We are with Fernando!
1035
01:01:26,285 --> 01:01:30,525
But the hairs belong to seven different
people, according to the coroner.
1036
01:01:30,605 --> 01:01:32,725
The second piece of evidence is the rug
1037
01:01:32,805 --> 01:01:35,845
used to allegedly wrap up
the remains of the victims.
1038
01:01:35,925 --> 01:01:40,245
It took them four years to discover
blood and semen on it.
1039
01:01:40,325 --> 01:01:44,245
Frontela had it for three years, and only
now has he reported the blood and semen.
1040
01:01:44,325 --> 01:01:46,245
The popular proseuction
is outraged by the delay.
1041
01:01:46,325 --> 01:01:49,445
Everything they say is missing,
Frontela had it,
1042
01:01:49,525 --> 01:01:51,525
the expert of those
accusing the Civil Guard.
1043
01:01:51,605 --> 01:01:55,125
There has never been any withholding
of evidence, but quite the contrary.
1044
01:01:55,485 --> 01:01:57,125
We've kept them safe
1045
01:01:57,365 --> 01:02:01,205
so that they could be at the court's
disposal at the moment of trial.
1046
01:02:01,485 --> 01:02:05,325
The pieces of evidence allegedly
burned and lost by the Civil Guard
1047
01:02:05,405 --> 01:02:07,405
are marked with Frontela's name.
1048
01:02:07,485 --> 01:02:10,525
The Association will investigate
what is the criminal responsibility
1049
01:02:10,605 --> 01:02:13,445
of an expert who withholds evidence
from justice.
1050
01:02:13,525 --> 01:02:17,605
She defended that there were
people of high economic status...
1051
01:02:17,685 --> 01:02:19,805
They were working for someone,
and I want to catch him.
1052
01:02:19,885 --> 01:02:23,405
...behind this crime, as she has done
for the last three and a half years.
1053
01:02:23,485 --> 01:02:24,845
She suddenly changed her mind.
1054
01:02:24,925 --> 01:02:29,925
That woman seems to be blaming us
for whatever the Civil Guard have done.
1055
01:02:30,005 --> 01:02:34,885
If I was the judge and I had that power,
Frontela would be arrested right now.
1056
01:02:35,965 --> 01:02:37,645
Traces of blood and semen
1057
01:02:37,725 --> 01:02:40,285
on the rug used to wrap up
the girls' bodies.
1058
01:02:40,365 --> 01:02:42,525
With the evidence in our hands,
1059
01:02:42,605 --> 01:02:45,405
at least eight people
took part in the crime.
1060
01:02:45,485 --> 01:02:47,525
I ask any mother at the demonstration:
1061
01:02:47,605 --> 01:02:50,725
"Do you want your daughter to be
the next girl killed by Ricart?"
1062
01:02:50,805 --> 01:02:52,845
If you demonstrate, be logical.
1063
01:02:52,925 --> 01:02:56,005
Stopping this means
that Ricart will be immediately released.
1064
01:03:05,605 --> 01:03:08,605
I don't want an alleged murderer
to be released.
1065
01:03:08,725 --> 01:03:10,725
I'm fighting hard to prevent that,
1066
01:03:10,805 --> 01:03:14,925
because I do care about the next girl
that will be murdered by Ricart.
1067
01:03:15,005 --> 01:03:18,005
And if the Valencian parents
haven't realized that, well, they should.
1068
01:03:18,085 --> 01:03:19,045
We want justice!
1069
01:03:19,125 --> 01:03:23,645
I can only think that they fear
that we might uncover someone.
1070
01:03:25,525 --> 01:03:28,245
A hundred journalists will report daily
1071
01:03:28,325 --> 01:03:31,045
from the most spectacular
trial of the year.
1072
01:03:32,565 --> 01:03:34,885
Please stand up next to the microphone.
1073
01:03:34,965 --> 01:03:38,485
MONDAY, MAY 12, 1997
OPENING SESSION OF MIGUEL RICART'S TRIAL
1074
01:03:38,565 --> 01:03:40,365
The prosecution,
1075
01:03:40,725 --> 01:03:43,605
according to the Penal Code
in force at the time of the events,
1076
01:03:43,685 --> 01:03:47,845
accuses you of three counts of murder,
1077
01:03:48,885 --> 01:03:50,525
three counts of kidnapping,
1078
01:03:51,085 --> 01:03:53,685
and four continuous counts of rape.
1079
01:03:54,245 --> 01:03:57,525
Do you acknowledge
having committed the crimes
1080
01:03:57,605 --> 01:04:00,245
of which you are accused?
1081
01:04:00,325 --> 01:04:01,165
No.
1082
01:04:05,325 --> 01:04:06,485
Sit down in that chair.
1083
01:05:38,245 --> 01:05:40,725
Subtitle translation by Carolina Daza León