He asked for gloves and masks on August 5. They were delivered to him on the 8th, after nine full days in Ceuta without protection.
Two days after returning to Madrid, this National Police officer developed rashes on his chest and abdomen. The diagnosis: scabies. The Ministry of Defence has already acknowledged 24 cases of the same infection among the military personnel deployed in the autonomous city, although it maintains that they had no direct contact with the migrants.
The police union, Jupol, was not satisfied with that explanation. It mobilized its legal services to review whether there had been a breach of occupational risk prevention regulations, and has already called for medical tests to be carried out on all officers returning from an assignment in Ceuta. If the analysis confirms liability, the union promises to take the case to court.