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Guardia Civil Dismantles Youth Gang Alliance in Collado Villalba, Detains 17

Investigators link the case to a resurgence of youth gang violence in northwest Madrid.

Overview

  • The alliance combined members of the Trinitarios, Blood and Forty-Two operating as a single bloc in the town near Madrid.
  • Six detainees are minors, and the juvenile prosecutor ordered closed-center internment for four of them.
  • Seized evidence includes machetes, other knives and clothing that identified the groups.
  • Authorities say the action halted an active confrontation with the Latin Kings after planned reprisals and at least one stabbing.
  • The probe followed a late‑2025 spike in assaults, with police reporting the bloc reactivated after a minor’s release from an internment center as judicial proceedings continue.