WHERE THE EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED
The politician was shot when he was walking next to the number 40 Núñez de Balboa street, in the Salamanca neighborhood of Madrid. Vidal-Quadras He was near his home after having attended mass.
MORE REACTIONS
The president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonessaid: “I express all my solidarity and the wish for a quick recovery” for Vidal Quadras, while the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Diaz Ayusohas transferred his support to the former president of the PP of Catalonia to add, later, in his account on the social network X: “Fortunately, the shooting against Vidal-Quadras It has not taken his life. He is in the operating room at the moment. My hug to Alejo and his family and friends.”
Political solidarity with Vidal-Quadras
Both the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and that of Vox, Santiago Abascalhave begun their scheduled interventions to assess the agreement for the investiture of Pedro Sánchez reached between the PSOE and Junts, with words of support for Vidal Quadras.
Feijóo has also demanded a “prompt investigation” to clarify what happened and find the culprits. Abascal, for his part, announced that the politician, who has been shot in the face, is “out of danger.”
THE MOTORCYCLE OF THE AGGRESSORS IS FOUND
According to sources close to the investigation, sources close to the investigation inform EL ESPAÑOL that the vehicle has been found burned in an unpopulated area of the Madrid town of Fuenlabrada. It is the most solid lead that the Homicide agents of the National Police Headquarters in Madrid are following.
These same sources emphasize that this discovery, as well as the modus operandi of the shooting, according to sources consulted by this newspaper, would reinforce the thesis that behind the crime could be a collection office, as hitmen, groups of hired killers who work for organized crime, are known in crime slang.
IT COULD BE A THEFT
According to Europa Press, the perpetrator of the shooting of Vidal-Cuadras fled on a motorcycle with another person and it is suspected that he may have been attacked in a watch theft by a specialized gang.
After the first investigations, it is known that the man approached Vidal-Quadras on foot covered with a helmet at number 40 Núñez de Balboa Street, in the Madrid district of Barrio de Salamanca, and opened fire on him , who was injured after receiving a single shot in the face, specifically at chin level, the agency reports.
THIS WAS THE EMERGENCY INTERVENTION
THE WEAPON
Apparently they would have shot him with a small caliber, although police sources warn that it is too early to fix that detail. The health services have managed to stabilize him. Police officers are still collecting testimonies and evidence in the area to reconstruct what happened.
STATEMENT FROM PEDRO SÁNCHEZ
I want to convey my solidarity and wishes for a speedy recovery to Alejo Vidal-Quadras.
All my affection at this time for him and his family.
We trust that the investigation can clarify the facts as soon as possible and those responsible will be arrested.
— Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) November 9, 2023
The change to Vox
Nevertheless, In January 2014 he announced that he was leaving the PP, given that he maintained a critical stance towards the party’s former president Mariano Rajoy., and went on to join Vox, where he held the provisional presidency and was the head of the list in the European elections that year, without obtaining representation. In 2015 he also left the team directed by Santiago Abascal.
President of the PP of Catalonia from 1991 to 1996
Alejo Vidal-Quadras was president of the PP of Catalonia from 1991 to 1996 and was removed by the national leadership of the party after the Majestic Pact with CiU. His destiny then was the European Parliament, where he was elected European parliamentarian in the period between 1999 and 2014, becoming vice president of the European chamber.
An hour before he criticized the PSOE-JUNTS pact
An hour before what happened, Vidal-Quadras himself published on the social network ‘X’ a comment against the content of the agreement sealed in Brussels by the PSOE and Junts that paves the way for the inauguration of the acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
The infamous pact between Sánchez and Puigdemont that crushes the rule of law in Spain and ends the separation of powers has already been agreed. Our Nation will thus cease to be a liberal democracy and become a totalitarian tyranny. We Spaniards will not allow it.
— Alejo Vidal-Quadras (@VidalQuadras) November 9, 2023
VIDAL-QUADRAS, CONSCIOUS
The victim suffered a gunshot wound in the mandibular area with entry and exit orifices, as explained by the SAMUR supervisor, Mariluz Sabín. The also former ‘popular’ MEP He was conscious when he was transferred to a hospital in Madridas reported by Madrid Emergency sources.