Granada, December 12 (EFE). – The chief prosecutor of Andalusia, Ana Tárrago, has stated that work continues to address the “difficulties” of geolocation bracelets to protect victims of abuse, insisting that the seriousness of the flaws is “undeniable,” as the technical commissions warned.
Tárrago expressed these reflections in response to questions from journalists during a meeting with the media, in which he recalled that the report of the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of Andalusia for 2024 already highlighted the warning of some provincial prosecutors’ offices against these failures.
It was emphasized that these failures in the protection system for victims of abuse were recorded in the Provincial Commission on Gender-Based Violence and referred to the Gender-Based Violence Observatory.
“It is necessary to continue to resolve the difficulties and problems that have arisen with the change of company. We must continue to work to ensure that geolocation works well for the safety and protection of women,” emphasized Tárrago.
Although the government has reduced the severity of the errors recorded in the telematics bracelets, Tárrago considers the risk associated with the malfunction of some devices to be “indisputable” and emphasizes that it is not a personal assessment, but an assessment carried out by the provincial gender violence commissions.
“We are working to reduce the difficulties that have arisen, but there have been difficulties,” summarized the head of the Andalusian State Ministry, which works to strengthen the defense and security of women.
“It is impossible for me to deny the existence of this problem that is being tried to solve. Yes, the problem has become smaller, yes,” Tárrago added.
He has also detailed that Andalusia has not transmitted the number of faulty bracelets, since the department specialized in gender-based violence in Andalusia does not have computer support to be able to extract this data, which was transmitted to the Attorney General’s Office.
In his review of the judicial year, Tárrago also highlighted the judicial reform that gives new powers to courts against gender-based violence, a change that brings “greater congestion, greater accumulation of cases” despite the increase in staff in the prosecutor’s office.
“The most serious thing about this matter for me were the 14 women murdered in Andalusia,” which leads the number of victims of sexist violence in 2025, summarized the senior prosecutor, who interpreted each of these crimes as a “social failure” in the fight against gender violence.
He also analyzed the entry into force of the Law on the Efficiency of the Administration of Justice, which brought procedural, organizational and technological reforms, as well as the need for a digital file and changes in communication.
Regarding this change, Tárrago has asked for a “reasonable period of time” to assess how the change develops.
In addition, Tárrago has once again denounced that the drug trafficking problem is spreading in Andalusia and that there are “much more violent” confrontations between gangs and against state security forces and authorities. EFE
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