Opened on Monday, February 27, the trial of Moroccan jihadist Douha Mounib, a midwife who became a follower of the Islamic State (IS), ended on Wednesday with her conviction to 12 years in prison.
The 45-year-old Moroccan Adil Lazizi, arrested on May 30 as the alleged perpetrator of the murder of his neighbor in the San José district of Zaragoza, faces a 25-year prison sentence. The prosecution has just requested an additional ten-month prison sentence against him for violation of sentence, since he committed the murder after escaping from prison.
A Moroccan escaped on Friday, July 8 from the Antoni Asunción prison in Picassent (Valencia), where he was serving a sentence for violations of health measures during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Ibn Nafis psychiatric hospital in Marrakech recorded on Monday the escape of five patients, including three common law inmates convicted of premeditated murder.
A fight broke out between two drunken Moroccan passengers during a Casablanca-Istanbul flight, forcing the captain to make an emergency landing at El Prat airport in Barcelona. While the two passengers were arrested by the civil guards, eleven other Moroccans tried to get off the plane.
A Moroccan in detention at the Seville-II prison escaped on Monday by simulating a foot injury during a countryside walk in the vicinity of the prison. The police are actively searching for him.
A prisoner sentenced to 5 years in prison took advantage of his transfer to the oncology hospital in Rabat to escape, alerting the police services .
Two Moroccans illegally residing in Belgium managed to escape from the Arlon prison on New Year’s Eve, while a third, a Libyan, was thwarted in his attempt. They would have benefited from outside help.
The Spanish police arrested on Thursday two more of the 25 Moroccan migrants who escaped from Palma airport on November 5, after an emergency landing of the Air Arabia Maroc plane. In total, 21 migrants are already in prison and the remaining four are still being sought.
A Moroccan woman from Daesh, arrested at the Turkish border in 2015 and then incarcerated for terrorism at the Fresnes prison in Val-de-Marne, tried to escape before being caught by prison staff. Investigations are ongoing to identify and apprehend the person who was going to pick her up.
Four of the 25 Moroccans who escaped from Palma airport after the emergency landing of an Air Arabia flight on November 5, were presented Tuesday before the investigating judge in charge of the investigation. They say they prefer, they say, to remain in prison in Spain rather than return to Morocco.
The Spanish authorities are continuing the investigations to find the 12 Moroccan migrants who took advantage of an emergency landing to escape from Palma airport in Majorca. They denounce the lack of cooperation from Morocco, which is slow to provide all the data on the fugitives.