Spanish Police Director General Welcomed Morocco “Good Cooperation” in the Fight Against Terrorism

Madrid – The director general of the Spanish police Cosid Ignacio welcomed Wednesday the “good cooperation” of Morocco’s fight against terrorism.

“Good cooperation is established between the Spanish police and Moroccan services in the fight against terrorism, a collaboration that holds a special value against jihadist terrorism,” said in a statement Cosidó Rioja (northwest of the Spain) in allusion to the arrest Wednesday morning of a person with Spanish nationality in Melillia, accused of recruiting and indoctrination of women and send them to conflict zones in Iraq and Syria, controlled by the terrorist group called “Islamic State”.

Cosido described as “very important” this operation, conducted jointly by the Spanish police and the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) and which follows another that allowed the dismantling of a people recruitment network send them to conflict areas in Syria and Iraq.

For his part, the Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz, whose remarks were reported by local media, welcomed as “very close collaboration” with the Moroccan services.

According to the Spanish charge, a total of 49 suspected jihadists were arrested in Spain since the beginning of the year, on this occasion recalling that Spain is on high alert for risk of terrorist attacks since 26 Last June, the day in which three terrorist attacks had taken place in Tunisia, France and Kuwait.