Las Barranquillas es un poblado chabolista situado al sureste de la ciudad de Madrid, en una zona oficialmente no urbanizada del distrito de Villa de Vallecas.
Se decía que era el mayor «hipermercado de la droga» de Europa, con unos 5.000 toxicómanos que la visitarían cada día. Sin embargo debido a los proyectos de urbanización de la zona, buena parte de su actividad se ha trasladado a la Cañada Real a la zona conocida como "El Gallinero" en las inmediaciones de Valdemingómez. Se supone que está dominado por 7 «clanes», cada uno con varios puntos de venta en chabolas. La mayoría de las chabolas son pequeños búnkers, lo que hace que el trabajo de la policía sea más duro, ya que en el lapso de tiempo en que intenta entrar, los traficantes ya se han deshecho de la droga.
Desde el año 2006 existe un proyecto de desmantelación del poblado, que sería sustituido por un barrio urbanizado, Valdecarros, con 51.000 viviendas y unos 150.000 habitantes estimados.
Creo que deberían derribar ya las chabolas y construir nuevas viviendas lo antes posible.
ResponderEliminarSorry, I understand castellano just a bit, can anyone tell me what happened to 'las Barranquillas' since 2004/2005? I've lived in Madrid for alomost a year in that period, supporting myself, and unforunately my hevy drug habbit by selling paintings throughout all of Spain, as many of my friends did too. They knew I had 'a problem', but I've managed to keep it to myself. I was able to sell enough paintings so that I never had a 'mono mallo' in front of them. But I frequently visited barranquillas (3-4 times a week), and before we would go to Andalucia for ex, or anywhere, I would 'supply myself for few weeks so I wouldn't abstinate while travelling. I even met some people from my hometown (my neighbourhood non the less - city Split, Croatia there) and some of them died there...
ResponderEliminarI'm alive and clean for 4 years now, but I will NEVER forget that horror place (it didn't seem so bad a the time (!!!) but now I can't beleive I considered it normal back then) and travelling almost each day from Atocha to el Pozo and then walking for 2-3km to that place...
...Anyway, I am really curious - is barranquillas gone now? Where have all the junkies go? Did the city authorities 'relocate' them somewhere else since that was (let's not pretend) a controlled enviroment where lowest of the low were left alone to 'die in peace' away from shiny and pretty side of Madrid?
Thank you in advance for the answer, because I am planning to go toSpain again and write an article on that place (I am a journalist). I was lucky enough to survive it, and I have a real need to see it with sober eyes once more.
And where can I get good info on all of this?