The mayor of Ametlla del Vallès, Jan Santaló, has denounced the entry of at least two people into his apartment this Monday night, taking advantage of the fact that the session of the municipal plenum for the month of October was being held.
Santaló has assured that the assailants searched the entire house, and that although he has valuable objects, so far he has not missed anything.
Santaló was already the victim last May of an assault on his car, where the glove compartment was removed after breaking a glass.
In that case he was still a candidate for mayor. He found documents mixed up, one of them stained with blood and a note that read: ‘We’re coming for you.’
The events occurred on Monday between 4:00 p.m. and midnight, the time that the municipal plenary session lasted. Before, two councilors from the government team went to the Santaló apartment, which is next to the City Hall, to rest as they usually do before the ordinary session.
When they left, they passed the key twice, so the apartment was securely locked. Upon his arrival, Santaló saw that the door was still closed, but when he entered the house he found the rooms in disarray.
“They had searched through the sheets, the clothes, and they had even rummaged through the kitchen drawers and cabinets,” details the mayor.
He has not missed any valuable objects, despite having a game console, a television or the keys to the car, among others, which was parked next to the home.
“Everyone knows that the mayor is not the richest man in town,” he says, highlighting that there are usually robberies in the municipality but not in the downtown area.
The assault does not match the usual type of robbery that can occur in the town, where the Mossos reported to Santaló that thieves usually act quickly and in several homes.
His apartment is located in the center. The people who entered would have accessed it through an exterior pipe and forcing a blind and a window.
Based on the marks found by the scientific police, who were there this Tuesday morning, according to Santaló, the assailants would be two people, and it is unknown what they were looking for, given that for now nothing has been missed.
“We doubt if they have mixed everything up to mislead and plant a microphone,” admits Santaló, who seems worried.
Santaló prefers not to link the entry into his home with the break-in of his car in May and hopes to be able to determine what has happened in the last few hours at his house. Meanwhile, he has increased surveillance of the apartment to prevent something similar from happening again.
