Death by Mossos d’Esquadra for businessman Juan Andrés Benítez?

The Court of Barcelona believes that the "excessive force" used by the Barcelona Mossos d’Esquadra police force killed businessman Juan Benítez and that "there are strong indications" that the employer Juan Andrés Benítez died "for the disproportionate and excessive action of the Catalan police officers involved in his arrest".

During the night of 6th October 2012, the Barcelona Police claimed they had to resort to force to reduce and stop a 'disturbed' Benítez, who was allegedly fighting with another neighbor. Neighbors in the street have contradicted this report from the beginning and their testimony, validated by the investigating judge, said that the disturbance between Benítez and the other neighbor was over when the police arrived. Their testimony also stated that the Mossos d’Esquadrathe who arrived, jumped on Juan Benitez, hitting, punching and kicking him, as seen in the video used by Spanish newspaper El País. Neighbours and witnesses also claim they were threatened and intimidated by the Mossos d’Esquadra who charged at them in what looked to be an attempt to rid themselves of witnesses to the crime.

The autopsy of Juan Benitez attributed his death to multiple trauma of the skull and facial region leading to heart failure. A judge today accused eight Mossos d'Esquadra in Barcelona for the death of Juan Andrés Álvarez Benítez whilst in police custody, which occurred the morning of Oct. 6 2012 in the Raval district of Barcelona. Specifically, the investigating judge charged the 8 Mossos d’Esquadra "for the alleged crime against life and / or the physical integrity, a crime against the person, as well as the crimes of obstruction of justice and coercion 'as read in the car that has issued.
This news comes only days after the Spanish actor Alfonso Bayard died at the hands of the Barcelona Police in another incident with a similar outcome. Alfonso Bayard suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after being arrested by the Mossos d'Esquadra in la plaza Molina, Barcelona.

According to initial reports, Alfonso Bayard was very excited. He was sat at the terrace of a cafe in Molina square for a long time without consuming anything and was irritating, annoying and shouting at customers and staff. At around 6:20pm, a waiter of the cafe called the regional police who arrived quickly at the scene. The police agents, Mossos d’Esquadra, found that the man pointed out to them by the owner of the cafe had a very altered attitude.The suspect refused to identify himself and went on to push a table towards the police at which point the police tried to handcuff him. The result was 6 Mossos d’Esquadra on top of him which arguably led to his premature death which begs the question, do the police have a technique or is it purely brute force?