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Outlaws in spain

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Jaime Giménez Arbe was a Spanish anarchist and bank robber known as "El Solitario". He admitted to over thirty armed bank robberies across Spain and was convicted of murdering two Civil Guards in Castellón. He was arrested in 2007 in Figueira de Foz, Portugal as part of an operation to catch him robbing a bank. During his 2008 trial, Giménez Arbe pleaded not guilty to murder charges and defined his bank robberies as "bank expropriation", stating he had begun his criminal career with Corsican anti-capitalist groups. He was sentenced to 47 years in prison.

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Famous outlaws in Spain! Jaime Giménez Arbe
Who was Jaime Giménez Arbe? He is a Spanish anarchist and bank robber known as “El Solitario”. He admitted to more than thirty armed robberies of banks all over Spain, and also convicted of the murder of two Civil Guards in Castellón. In addition, in Vall de Uxó, during an exchange of fire with El Solitario, one policeman died due to a stray bullet fired by another policeman. He was sentenced to 47 years imprisonment in July 2008.
When he was arrested? He was arrested on 23 July 2007, in Figueira de Foz as part of “Operation Gloria”. A large number of police officers, both Spanish and Portuguese were there to arrest him while he was, presumably, about to rob the “Caixa Agrícola” Bank, located in Saraiva de Carvalho Street, near the market and the famous Figueira Casino. He was charged with the murder of two Civil Guards,whom he shot after they asked him to identify himself.
During his trial in the Navarra Provincial High Court in July 2008, Jaime Giménez Arbe pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder of two Civil Guards, as well as declaring himself antisystem and anarchist and defining his robberies as “bank expropriation”. He also said he had started his criminal career with Corsican anti-capitalist groups, with which he committed his first robbery. The trial
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Outlaws in spain

  • 1. Famous outlaws in Spain! Jaime Giménez Arbe
  • 2. Who was Jaime Giménez Arbe? He is a Spanish anarchist and bank robber known as “El Solitario”. He admitted to more than thirty armed robberies of banks all over Spain, and also convicted of the murder of two Civil Guards in Castellón. In addition, in Vall de Uxó, during an exchange of fire with El Solitario, one policeman died due to a stray bullet fired by another policeman. He was sentenced to 47 years imprisonment in July 2008.
  • 3. When he was arrested? He was arrested on 23 July 2007, in Figueira de Foz as part of “Operation Gloria”. A large number of police officers, both Spanish and Portuguese were there to arrest him while he was, presumably, about to rob the “Caixa Agrícola” Bank, located in Saraiva de Carvalho Street, near the market and the famous Figueira Casino. He was charged with the murder of two Civil Guards,whom he shot after they asked him to identify himself.
  • 4. During his trial in the Navarra Provincial High Court in July 2008, Jaime Giménez Arbe pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder of two Civil Guards, as well as declaring himself antisystem and anarchist and defining his robberies as “bank expropriation”. He also said he had started his criminal career with Corsican anti-capitalist groups, with which he committed his first robbery. The trial
  • 5. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING IT!!! By:Iker Musatadi