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The arrested offered strong resistance at the time of his arrest, wounding two officers and causing a broken nose one
The National Police had released hours before a request for collaboration via social media to locate this fugitive sentenced to 29 years in prison for the murder of a taxi driver in Salamanca in 2010
Tweets from @ dice police, seeking information on the whereabouts or any information that would lead to the murderer, had 5,400 retweets with over 4,500,000 potential impacts on Twitter as SocialBro
The researchers received in a few hours, three emails and 17 phone calls providing information that ultimately led to his location last night outside a gym Ponferrada
Agents of the National Police have arrested last night in Ponferrada (León) by José Manuel García Barata, 24, just hours after it was requested the cooperation of citizens through social networks and media to locate this fugitive sentenced 29 years prison for murder.
The arrest came about thanks to the information provided to the e-mail and phone fugitivos@policia.es facilitated by the researchers during yesterday morning.
The murderer was arrested last night off Ponferrada gym offering strong resistance at the time of his arrest.
Two officers were injured, one of them presenting a broken nose.
Barata Garcia murdered in 2010 in Salamanca, a taxi driver who received one of five shots aimed at the passenger carrying, possible target of a "settling of accounts" related to drug trafficking.
José Manuel García Barata is a warrant search, arrest and detention as perpetrators of crime of consummated murder, attempted murder, illegal possession of firearms and falsifying an official document.
For all of them was sentenced to terms totaling more than 29 years in prison.
The fugitive was released during the trial and took advantage of this to disappear before learning of the judgment.
Quick public response
Yesterday the National Police requested the cooperation of citizens to locate this fugitive.
The messages released through social networks had a strong impact immediately.
According to data provided by SocialBro, tweets from @ police had issued more than 4,500,000 potential impacts, with 5,400 retweets, 350 favorites and 175 responses.
On Facebook, 5,112 people shared their walls poster search launched by the National Police, with close reach to 200,000 users.
And in Tuenti, information was shared by 75,000 users.
In addition, researchers received three emails and 17 calls that were key to stop in less than 12 hours, the murderer of Salamanca driver.
Source: Jefatura Superior de Policía de Murcia
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