Spain

Even the Police steers clear of the drug-hell of Madrid

Madrid / Spain (RNN Correspondent) 28.08.1998


La Rosilla, in the utmost south of Madrid is one of the worst place of this kind. This „caravaning of dying people" is only 15 minutes away form the city of Madrid. „It is an offence of the human dignity", writes „El Mundo". The estate was built 6 years ago to give gypsy families a place to live. It became the centre of drug dealing in the beginning of 1997, when in other disctricts of the town the dealing had been forbidden. Now, every day hundereds of junkees arrive here by train.
For many months nobody had taken note of this place. It became popular by chance: „El Mundo" found in this place the former boxing hero Policarpio Diaz. They had taken a photograph of the ex-European champion when he was waiting in a queue to get his used jab changed for a clean one.
The 30 years-old man who had earned 30 millions Peseta in the Eighties, lives here in an old car. After he had lost the fight against Pernell Whitaker seven years ago, things were going downhill with him. Now he hires out tents for junkees for 1000 Pesetas.
The public was shocked about the photographs. Politicians demanded to pull down the whole estate. Others said, that then the drug dealing would only change the place.
The police is helpless. There have even been attempts to lynch policemen. The chief of the police „would not go for a walk here, neither armed nor unarmed".
One year ago the police had stopped the drug supply, but soon given up, when addicts had been in all places and streets looking for drugs and some had been killed.


   
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