'The Blood' had established itself in Madrid, Valencia and Alicante

39 people have been arrested, ten of them under age in a police swoop against a violent gang which has recently arrived in Spain.The gang accepted members of several nationalities, including Ecuadorian, Cuban, Colombian, Chinese, Romanian, United States, Ukrainian and Moroccan, and ages between 14 and 25. It had established a presence in the provinces of Madrid, Valencia and Alicante.Codenamed ‘Operación Carpetazo’ the Guardia Civil say that those arrested will face charges of illicit association, drug trafficking, causing injury, coercion, making threat and illegal ownership of firearms.The investigations started in the middle of last year when the Alicante Civil Guard noted the organised gang was being established in Torrevieja, referred to by its members as ‘The Blood’.Tuesday saw six homes searched in the town where paperwork explaining the doctrine and rules of the gang was recovered. Details were also found about punishments and a secret language.