When Carlos Alberto helped his wife, Yorladis, climb the last steps of the staircase leading to the attic, the dirty water was ahead of them. With them was Carmen, an elderly woman Yorladis had been caring for for months. On the lower floors of that house, the water level exceeded two and a half meters. In a matter of minutes, the DANA flood violently breached the privacy of thousands of homes like this one.

The Provincial Court of Barcelona has sentenced Yago Zarroca to three years in prison and Màrius Montmany and Oriol Hernández to two years each as responsible for the organization Yes We Help for a crime of aggravated fraud. Although the sentence is not final, the Chamber considers it proven that the alleged NGO of “international volunteering” was actually seeking to recruit and deceive hundreds of teenagers under the promise of participating in humanitarian projects in Ghana and Sri Lanka.

“I want to have a job that gives me a decent income to finish my 40-hour work week and be able to go out for a drink with my partner, with my friends, with my family.” Woman, 22 years old.