(Sur in English) The High Court of Spain has convicted two Brazilian jihadist brothers for the crimes of terrorist self-training and self-radicalisation. The pair were arrested by the Guardia Civil in Estepona in November 2023, in an operation with the collaboration of the FBI. According to the case, they were ready for martyrdom and prepared to “take action” following “the call of Daesh (the Islamic State).” Both possessed and distributed manuals for making explosives, poisoning or preparing suicide attacks.
The defence reached an agreement with the prosecution, according to which the sentence of the two brothers, 33 and 35, was considerably reduced to two and a half years, plus five years of probation and an order to pay the costs of the proceedings. The decision came after the brothers pleaded guilty.
