Overview
- The Audiencia Nacional’s Third Section ordered Firass Taghi’s release on September 12 in Auto 602/2025, citing a breach of Spain’s 10‑day transfer limit, extendable once to 20 days, under Ley 23/2014.
- The delivery decision became final on August 7, yet by August 27 the maximum window had expired without the transfer being executed or any cited cause for delay.
- The court noted the Oficina Sirene, under the National Police, did not materialize the handover within the deadline, and police authorities have not detailed what went wrong.
- Judge Santiago Pedraz had maintained detention by a September 3 providence; the appeal argued a formal defect and, more decisively, that the statutory time limit had already lapsed, which the court deemed irreparable.
- Taghi, related to crime boss Ridouan Taghi, was arrested in June at the Tarifa border while trying to board a ferry to Tangier, and the case revives concerns after a similar 2024 release of Karim Bouyakhrichan.