British police officers will join an exploration at a reservoir in Portugal. It is the most important operation in recent years.
16 years after the disappearance of Madeleine McCannwill start a new search operation in a reservoir in the Algarve region, in Portugal. Being the largest in the last 9 years, the exploration will be carried out by divers from the British police together with troops from the country.
The search in the Barragem do Arade reservoir will begin this Tuesday, 50 kilometers from where the girl disappeared, in the tourist complex Praia da Luz. The area, almost two kilometers long, was cordoned off prior to the excavations. The Barragem do Arade reservoir has already been the scene of two previous search operations.
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The last major operation had been in June 2014, when British police were granted permission to carry out excavations in Praia da Luz using specialized equipment such as sniffer dogs trained to detect dead bodies and ground penetrating radars.
The new search arose from a German police requestwho, in June 2020, announced that he believed Madeleine was dead and that the suspect christian b. was probably responsible for her disappearance. The man is a convicted child molester and drug dealer, and he used to visit the Arade dam.
The defendant is in jail for raping a 72-year-old woman in the same area where Madeleine disappeared, although he was not charged with any crime related to her disappearance, and always denied his participation. The German Police wanted to see if there was evidence to provide new information on the disappearance of the minor, so it was decided to continue the search.
Source: Ambito
