A MAJOR eviction operation focusing on an unlawful settlement in Ibiza was abruptly suspended on Wednesday.
Because of a last-minute court docket ruling, the eviction of Can Rova 2 residents in Santa Eularia was halted simply hours after it started.
The operation, which concerned 84 officers from the Policia Native, Guardia Civil, and Policia Nacional, began at 9am on Wednesday following a March 25 court docket order by Palma’s Administrative Courtroom No. 1.
Nevertheless, Decide Cristina Pancorbo reversed her choice mid-morning after receiving a vulnerability report from lawyer David Fechenbach, who represents a number of the settlement’s residents.
Fechenbach argued that the residents – a lot of whom are of Paraguayan origin – had by no means been correctly notified of the eviction and have been due to this fact unable to defend themselves legally.
He cited a scarcity of prior warning and their susceptible dwelling circumstances, backed by a report from the Affiliation of Paraguayans of Ibiza.
Santa Eularia officers admitted that no direct communication had been made with the occupants earlier than initiating the operation.
Native security councillor Juan Carlos Rosello stated the eviction was primarily based solely on a court docket process involving the City Corridor and landowners, and was prompted by critical well being and security dangers, together with uncovered electrical wiring, gas storage, and poorly maintained septic programs.
The location, a 26,000-square-metre plot of rural non-public land, had been beforehand flagged for unauthorised buildings equivalent to caravans, tents, and makeshift properties.
The native authorities additionally warned that infrastructure posed a threat to close by desalination pipes supplying Ibiza City and the island’s hospital.
Regardless of efforts to clear the positioning by 8pm, the court docket’s suspension order arrived at 2.24pm.
The operation was instantly referred to as off, with residents seen returning to their properties, dragging belongings and kids’s objects again to the makeshift camp.
The authorized battle over Can Rova 2 continues, with a separate civil listening to already scheduled in Ibiza for June 6.
