For lack of pirates, the security guards of a Spanish tuna boat kill each other
(B2) The Seychellois police are investigating a not insignificant case, which occurred on board a Basque boat, the Txori Gorri, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Two of the security agents who are supposed to protect the tuna boat as soon as it is fishing at sea, against pirates, killed each other in an altercation, fratricidal, it seems.
A deadly shot...
According to the preliminary investigation of the Seychelles police, and the words of the captain of the ship, reported by theseychellois news agency, who are " a security guard shot a colleague at 16 p.m. last Friday, fatally wounding him ". Detailed information by the Spanish daily El Pais, citing sources within the state security forces and bodies.
...followed by suicide
The tuna boat was between Madagascar and the Seychelles Islands, about 90 miles from Port Victoria, when a " lively discussion between the two security guards resulted in a shootout. " One of the guards, Juan José Vera Carrillo, then fatally shot his partner, Juan Manuel Martinez Marchante.,” before retreating to a cabin on the boat and then committing suicide.
A Basque tuna boat used to the Indian Ocean
The Txori Gorri belongs to Inpesca, based in Bermeo, in the Spanish Basque country, and flies the Spanish flag. It had been attacked at least once by Somali pirates, notably in March 2010, on March 18, according to our data. Attack remained unsuccessful, the ship having managed to flee (read: Tuna boats in the Indian Ocean are under attack every day). A few months earlier, on November 19, 2009, spotting a suspicious vessel with pirates, about 6 nautical miles from where he was fishing, he had taken to their heels. No attack was then deplored.
Tuna boats protected by private guards since the end of 2009
I had been able to visit his twin brother, the Txori audi, in October 2009, when he was desperately waiting to be able to go back to sea with private guards on board. This vessel, which flies the Seychelles flag, had been able to benefit from the private protection set up by the Spanish government. Madrid having chosen this solution rather than a military solution chosen by France. Read : Basque tuna boats in the Seychelles: "We are fishermen, not soldiers"
(NGV)
