2023-05-22 22:06:00
A few days after the 16th anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, The authorities will carry out a mega-operation to search for the remains of the British girl. The registered area will be in a reservoir in the Algarve region, in southern Portugal, located 50 kilometers from where the minor was last seen. Added to this, it would be a site frequented by Christian Brueckner, the main suspect in the case.
Police tents were set up at the scene this morning as authorities prepared to begin the search. Exploration at the Barragem do Arade reservoir will begin this Tuesday and is expected to last at least two days, with the possibility of extending it if something of interest is found. portuguese tv channel SIC explained that the German police want to know if it is possible find traces of DNA or some other evidence that can provide new information on the disappearance of the girl.
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The operation will take place both on land and by water. In this sense, divers will record the depths of the dam, while the forested areas adjacent to the reservoir will be excavated. According to local reports, 80% of the searches will be on land and the rest underwater.
Following the search, SIC indicated that an area almost two kilometers long was cordoned off just after noon on Monday. Added to this, the local police are expected to start closing the roads leading to the dam. According to British media reports, Scotland Yard detectives would have arrived in the area to closely follow the operation.
Added to this, the Daily Mail He reported that German police would arrive at the site later, having received permission to search in what they concluded was an “area of interest” that Brueckner reportedly called his “little paradise.” In this regard, the Portuguese magazine Express reported that the suspect regularly visited the reservoir which is 45 minutes from where Madeleine disappeared.
German prosecutors did not issue information regarding the new development of the investigation, but they are expected to reveal more details on Tuesday through a statement. A German investigator close to the case informed the British media that “they did not have a specific lead” to follow, but that the search was part of the “ongoing investigation”.
“Obviously, we trust that we will find an element or proof that leads to the resolution of the case, but at the moment we are still analyzing various elements,” the source told the newspaper. Daily Mail. “We know that the main suspect visited the area frequently and we have spoken with several witnesses who knew him at the time and who have confirmed it,” he explained.
He added: “It would be bad police work if we didn’t check everything, but at the moment it’s safe to say that there is no hot new track“.
This is the first mega-operation carried out since June 2014when British police were granted permission to carry out excavations at Praia da Luz with specialized equipment, such as sniffer dogs trained to detect dead bodies and ground-penetrating radars.
Local media indicated that the Barragem do Arade reservoir had already been investigated twice, in February and March 2008. The divers’ operation had been contracted by a Portuguese lawyer, Marcos Aragao Correiga, based on sources suggesting that the girl had been murdered and that her body had been dumped in the reservoir within 48 hours. to his disappearance. However, on that occasion the divers only found small bones that turned out to belong to an animal due to their size.
The reason for the operation
Although the Portuguese authorities did not make any official comment, a source involved in the case told the Daily Mail what the new search will be a German-led operation in coordination with the Portuguese police. In addition, he explained that it is linked to the information that the researchers collected, which pointed to the regular trips that Brueckner made to the dam.
“The Portuguese police will offer logistical support, but the initiative is German and they were the ones who requested the work that will be carried out this week,” the informant said. For his part, Scotland Yard officers will be in charge of monitoring the operation.
In addition to this, the reservoir located near Silves was also considered an area of interest based on the testimony of a trucker, who stated that he had seen that in the place a woman gave a man a girl similar to Madeleine. Said sighting would have occurred two days after the disappearance of the minor.
For his part, the lawyer for the main suspect, Friedrich Fulscher, refused to comment on the operation. However, a source close to him told the Daily Mail that no evidence will be found in the area: “They can search all they want. I’d be surprised if they find anything”.
Brueckner is currently in prison in Germany. for other crimes and has a long history of crimes for sexual abuse and pedophilia, some of them in Portugal. As for Madeleine’s case, the man denied any involvement in the girl’s disappearance.
In a letter to which he agreed Daily Mail last year, the German refuted the accusations, stating that was not present in the area at the time and did not reside near the scene of the incident. However, the German authorities continue to consider him the main suspect, although no charges have been filed against him for the girl’s disappearance so far.
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