The general coordinator of IULV-CA, Antonio Maíllo, has considered "scandalous" the "illegal" detention of the band singer Repeat offenders Fernando Medina at the Miami airport and has asked the spokesman for the group Izquierda Abierta in Congress and deputy for Seville, José Luis Centella, to demand explanations from the Government. At a press conference, Maíllo has criticized that the singer's family did not know his whereabouts "for about 72 hours", when he was finally released without charges and without bail "after the case was annulled in a micro-trial of just three minutes.
"The judge did not see any type of crime and this person left the center where he was being held without any kind of accusation because there could not be one," said Maíllo, who believes "it is a shame that we feel defenseless in the face of abuses such as those that have been committed. task". In his opinion, this matter has "an absolutely smelly stink because it is not fair that a family has been suffering without knowing the whereabouts of a member of the same for almost three days."
Fernando MedinaAfter three days in solitary confinement, he is at this moment in a hotel in Miami, accompanied by a member of Reoffenders, “resting and waiting for the flight that will bring him back home. The other four members of the Sevillian band have already arrived in Madrid and are moving to Seville. In the statement they add that, according to US judicial protocol, it should have been held on the same Saturday, but that it was suspended "for reasons beyond the case."
The singer and bassist of the group was detained at the Miami airport for public disorder and drunkenness before boarding for Quito (Ecuador) and later sent to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. The band was traveling to Quito to participate in the World Festival of Youth and Students, which was the beginning of an extensive tour to present their latest work 'Aniversario', which commemorates their 30-year career, but they decided to suspend their performance after this incident.
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Via - Europa Press