Overview

• The Community of Madrid says 23 of 56 support centers have logged 40 incidents, including lost coverage, manipulation, false alarms, and missed alerts during real risk.
• The Regional Observatory formally requested nationwide data from the Equality Ministry, immediate assistance for affected women, and guarantees that the monitoring system operates correctly.
• Regional leaders allege the contract went to an inexperienced provider and that low-quality devices—reportedly available on Chinese e-commerce platforms—produced recurrent failures, including units failing when wet and identical tones for low battery and proximity breaches.
• A February Guardia Civil record warned that bracelets were easily removed or even placed on animals to evade monitoring, while the prosecutor’s office linked problems to the 2023 provider switch and noted cases lost due to incorrect positioning reports.
• Victims are mobilizing, with one woman collecting over 10,000 signatures after disconnections, delayed replacements, and unreliable alerts, as officials intensify demands for explanations and political accountability.