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Family calls for formal investigation into Cueva de la Negra operation
The family of Pascuala Roger Pérez, the owner of the home at Cueva de la Negra in Fuerteventura that is subject to a demolition order, has asked the Ministry for Ecological Transition to launch a formal investigation into the operation deployed on 21 September, when the eviction and sealing-off of the property was due to take place.
In a letter addressed to the ministry’s head, Sara Aagesen, the family demands to know who set the date, who ordered and authorised the operation driven by the State Coastal Demarcation in the Canary Islands, who previously verified compliance with the court order concerning the property, and what instructions were received by the various bodies and services involved.
Court order set clear conditions for the operation
The order of 28 July authorised entry, demolition and restoration of the land, but set express conditions: the operation had to be carried out during daylight hours, with at least five days’ prior notice and with an obligation to report the entry and any incidents that occurred to the court. The family has also asked for clarification on how that prior notice was calculated and documented, and who considered the judicial conditions to have been fully met.
On 21 September there was a significant deployment of security forces, public services and staff from the Coastal Demarcation and the state-owned company Tragsa. The family stresses that the head of the Canary Islands Coastal Demarcation himself, Alberto Martín Coronel, attended the site as the most senior official of that body present during the operation.
Questions over the role of ministry and government bodies
The letter also requests an investigation into the involvement of the ministry’s Directorate-General for the Coast and the Sea, the Government Delegation in the Canary Islands and the Insular Directorate of the General State Administration in Fuerteventura. It further seeks clarification on what specific action was intended to be carried out under the term “disablement of the home”, since the operative part of the court order expressly authorises entry, demolition and restoration of the land, but does not specifically provide for a separate action under that name.
The family also recalls the precedent of 26 August, when resources and machinery were dispatched to carry out the demolition despite precautionary measures adopted by the Cabildo de Fuerteventura being in force.
Call to preserve records and establish responsibility
The letter asks for orders, emails, internal communications, duty reports and operational instructions to be preserved in order to reconstruct the chain of decision-making, command and execution and, should any breaches be identified, to establish whatever legal responsibilities may apply.
Finally, the Roger family has stated that it reserves the right to pursue every legal avenue available to it to defend its rights and to demand any responsibilities that may arise from these events.
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