On May 5, the Spanish authorities proceeded with the extradition of Rachid Aglif, a former terrorist of Moroccan nationality, convicted of participating in the March 11, 2004 attacks in Madrid, according to a report by the EFE Agency. Known as “El Conejo”, he was repatriated after serving an 18-year prison sentence.
Citing Moroccan security sources, EFE reports that the Moroccan national was transferred to a private plane that landed at Mohamed V airport in Casablanca from Madrid. During the journey, he was accompanied by Spanish agents, the same source said, adding that it is not clear whether the extradited individual was taken into custody upon arrival in Morocco.
Rachid Aglif is considered one of the active members of the group that carried out the March 11 attacks. According to EFE, he was the lieutenant of the suicide bomber Jamal Ahmidan. Ahmidan was found guilty of participating in meetings with the minor José Emilio Suárez Trashorras to obtain explosives.
Arrested on April 6, 2004, he was sentenced by the National Court to 18 years in prison. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison in the Madrid prison of Alcalá Meco. This is not the first convicted person to be extradited by Spain to Morocco. In 2017, the Spanish authorities handed over Sael el Harrak Fouad el Morabit Amghar, two other people involved in the attacks.
Recall that the March 11 attacks shook Spain at the time. It was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks that this country has ever known. Nearly 193 people were killed and 1,800 injured.
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