Spanish police announced on Friday that they had detained 22 climate activists from the organization Futuro Vegetal, accusing the group of operating like a “criminal organization.”
Report informs via foreign media that the arrests, according to the Madrid police, were coordinated across Spain in December.
The police accuse the group of causing around €500,000 ($548,000) in damage.
Spanish police say Futuro Vegetal was behind 65 actions that had consequences such as temporarily shutting airport tracks, closing museums, or blocking traffic.
Some of the charges against protestors include criminal organization membership, property damage, impacting road and air traffic safety, attacking an officer, and public disorder.
