The last five members of the flotilla held by Israel, including activist Reyes Rigo (in the photograph, on the left), are already traveling to Spain, according to sources from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation. In this way there are no longer any Spaniards from the flotilla held in Israel.
Reyes Rigo was the only Spanish member of the Global Sumud Flotilla who remained in Israeli custody after her arrest on October 1 after she reached an agreement with the Prosecutor's Office to reduce the charges of which she was accused.
A court in Beer Sheva had accepted the agreement after Rigo pleaded guilty to causing bodily harm and aggravated assault on a guard at the prison where she was held. Initially, they filed charges against her for allegedly biting a guard's hand and refusing to enter her cell, but that accusation was later rectified, alleging that what she had done was dig her nails into the officer while she resisted.
During his appearance before the judge, Rigo reported having received ill-treatment in custody. “They hit us, they pushed us and on the fifth day they attacked my friend and I tried to protect her,” she said, always according to the Israeli newspaper. “They grabbed my head and my glasses fell off,” she added, detailing that she was with thirteen other women in a cell with capacity for five, they were not given water and they received “rotten” food.
Informa Europa Press.