Hammerskin condemns neo-Nazi group, through the testimony of Antonio Salas and "Diary of a skin"

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeals filed by the 15 members of neo-Nazi group Hammerskin against a judgment of the Provincial Court of Madrid in 2009.

The Spanish Hammerskin had been sentenced to between one and a half and two and a half years in prison. The High Court had also outlawed the group for "promoting hatred and violence".

The judgment of the Supreme-which has had access to Europa Press, denies that there was violation of constitutional rights of members.

 

With regard to all considerations of the judgment, please consult the summary of agency included in the legal Web iustel.com.

The Madrid Provincial Court issued a ruling in 2009 pioneering in our country in which, for the first time, was sentenced a neo-Nazi group for conspiracy.

 

"This court understands sufficiently established the existence of the organization Hammerskin-Spain, consisting of a plurality of persons, among whom are the defendants, who are structured hierarchically organized and permanently since 2000," the resolution said. In addition, its members punished for illegal possession of weapons.

During the trial, the defendants refused to belong to the band and said that the abundant neo-Nazi material seized in their homes had to do with his fondness for military affairs since World War II.

In their homes, the Civil Guard found videos of Hitler and Mussolini, as well as a lot of shirts with neo-Nazi emblems and the shield of the Hammerskin-Spain.

 

The testimony of journalist Antonio Salas, author of Diary of a Skin (Today's), has been instrumental in the conviction, as acknowledged by the same court.

Recall that the name Antonio Salas is a pseudonym used by the reporter to avoid reprisals. The book has been a success with 350,000 copies sold, according to me from the publisher confirmed a few minutes ago.

 

Salas infiltrated the group to reveal the secrets of one of the most important bands of neo-Nazis in Spain. During his appearance, he identified several of the defendants as members of Hammerskin-Spain.

 

Hammerskin international organization is composed of 17 chapters or regional associations: 6 United States and one in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, Italy, France, Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain, where the name used Hammerskin Celtiberian.

 

Meanwhile, Salas prepares a novel, Operation Princess in which dump of what he discovered in his research but not yet used in their trials.

 

   José Luis Ibáñez Ridao