by “I don’t know if I’ve done the right thing or done something really crazy, but “We couldn’t take it anymore.”says JF, a neighbor of Rubí, who prefers not to reveal his identity for fear of “retaliation.” This father of a family has taken the saying “for great evils, great remedies” to its ultimate consequences, in order to put an end to a ‘squat’ that has become, he claims, a “nightmare that has lasted too long.”
Fed up with the authorities “not doing anything,” this resident of Rubí confesses to EL PERIÓDICO that has bought the ‘squatted’ home, adjacent to his, to be able to kick out a “conflictive” tenant who is dedicated to “marijuana trafficking.” “We signed the mortgage for the new apartment in April and this summer we filed the corresponding complaint as owners. Now I just hope that justice acts,” he summarizes.
The neighbor claims to have “evidence” of drug trafficking, that have already been sent to the Mossos
Sources from the Mossos d’Esquadra confirm that the events “have been reported” and that the Community Relations Office is “monitoring the case”, although the agents rule out a marijuana plantation in the building. For his part, the neighbor claims “to have evidence of drug trafficking“which have already been referred to the police.”
Five years in fear
The nightmare of this Rubin native and his family began five years ago. “We called a neighbor to tell us that they had occupied the house next door, the one next door to mine, and that The ‘squatters’ were jumping from balcony to balcony.”, Explain. “We notified the Mossos that they informed us that I could not do anything because the period of ‘X’ hours of the occupation had already passed,” he laments.
According to JF, the occupied home was property of Cajamar Caja Rural and it had been empty for a while. “I do not agree with the occupation but if it is a vulnerable family it is understandable. But is not the case. They are a bunch of savages. The ‘squatter’ is a person of Dominican origin, who goes with many women and then they have brutal hookups,” he explains.
One of these fights occurred one night at five in the morning when an ex-partner of the Dominican showed up, hammer in hand, and began to fight. “destroy doors and walls”. “The woman threw her clothes and the PlayStation over the balcony, her screams were unbearable. The Mossos have had to come a lot of times and nothing,” denounces the neighbor.
“During confinement, parties and loud music They were our daily bread. Furthermore, the community is tired of having to pay for damages, since every now and then. They break down the entrance door, paint the walls and scratch the intercom. It’s horrible,” he says.
drug traffic
But the worst of all for this family man is the drug trafficking that he claims occurs on the other side of his door. “The ‘squatter’ walks with industrial bags full of marijuana budsand the smell was suffocating until they installed an extractor because they were giving themselves away too much,” he laments.
“The ‘customers’ bite at all hours to buy drugs, that’s why they break down the door, so they don’t have to go down and open it for them,” describes the man from Rubin. “In addition, we are afraid in case a fire breaks out because, of course, “the light is pinched”JF complaint
The ‘squatter’ threatened the neighborhood with putting people in the apartment “much worse than him”
To make matters worse, the neighbor states that, sometimes, there are children living in the occupied apartment. “Where is the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office?” he asks himself.
Desperate measures
JF explains that he bought his home in the middle of the real estate bubble, taking out a mortgage almost “for life.” now Your apartment is not worth even 50% of what you paid for it. and you can’t sell it to get the money back.
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“I was thinking about it for a long time. It was clear to me that the bank was not going to kick out the ‘squatter’ next door and we can’t leave,” she says. “One of the days we called the police, The man threatened to bring in people much worse than him. on the floor, and I couldn’t take it anymore,” he says. “I preferred to remortgage ourselves than have to live like this every day”the Mint.
So, this family man. He has bought the squatter’s apartment, remortgaging his own home, to have a chance to evict this troublesome tenant, he confesses to this newspaper. “When the authorities say that ‘they understand you but they can’t do anything’ the only thing left is to take desperate measures. Time will tell if we have done the right thing,” he concludes.
