Madrid M11 Bombings Acid Test Cops cleared

international | crime and justice | other press Wednesday July 09, 2008 17:09 by by

In one of the last cases which finally should put the "Madrid 11th Bombing conspiracy theorists" beyond the pale of credibility, a court in Madrid has cleared 4 police officers in the forensic division of manipulating evidence. Their evidence which was exposed as flawed during the M11 trial had contributed to a conspiracy theory supported by elements of the right and far right during many years. They were subsequently charged with falsification but now are free and have been termed "honest policemen".

The court has decided that an administrative error led to the inclusion of "boric acid" in their report on the explosives and the intention of the charged men was not to falsely implicate ETA in the supply or procurement of the explosives used.

from English translation of Spanish news digest :

"The conspiracy theory for the Madrid Train bombings gets hit again : El Mundo leads with the Boric Acid case verdict where four police technicians have been found not guilty of a crime when they allegedly changed reports on the Madrid train bombings which attempted to link the explosions to ETA. The paper headlines that the Forensic Police were ‘untruthful’ by not linking ETA to the March 11th case. It’s another attempt to resurrect the conspiracy theory. "El Mundo" says the sentence in the case establishes that a report was altered in an irregular way – an inadequate way and improper of any official body – but it was not a crime. [Minister of Justice] Rubalcaba says that the sentence ends the ‘nightmare for four honest policemen’. "El País" headlines the judges destroy the latest conspiracy theory over March 11th 2004. The paper says that court has ruled that to name ETA in relation to the Boric Acid was ‘mere speculation without foundation’. The four accused policemen have been found not guilty. "Público" says its another blow to the conspiracy theorists. The Spanish press has caught up with the headlines in the British press yesterday regarding the number of dishes – 19 – served at the G8 summit on world hunger. El Mundo shows George Bush perusing the menu. El País shows the G8 bigwigs planting trees against climate change. Público leads with the story and says hunger is no problem for the G-8. The paper prints a copy of the menu El País has an interview with the 19 year old gypsy girl, Dolores Ortiz, who was held hostage and raped at knifepoint for 45 days by her ex boyfriend. She has kept in inhuman conditions in an old transformer building. El País says that three military chiefs are to be charged in the Yak42 case, for falsifying the identity of 30 of the 62 bodies resulting from the military transport plane crash. El Mundo takes note that the Government is to approve the destruction of its cluster bombs this month, and also ban their production."
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_17...shtml

Spanish links :-
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/jueces/aniquilan/...2/Tes
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/policias/cometier...3/Tes
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/mera/especulacion...1/Tes
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/520894.html
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Absueltos/mandos/...5/Tes
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/07/09/espana/1215557....html