(COE26) Friday the 9th saw a large demonstration in Almería in support of the parents of the missing boy, Gabriel Cruz from Níjar. According to the police, there were around 8,000 people present.
Andalusia
Regional news from Andalucia
The Junta’s Campsite Decree
by Hugh MacArthur •
If you’ve got the money to buy a large campervan and travel across Europe, then you’re not short of a euro or two, so why shun their tourism?
Monkey Business
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Guardia Civil are investigating eleven suspects scattered over several provinces for smuggling monkeys.
9-Year Old Gang Raped
by Vivienne Hughes •
A minors magistrate has ordered an investigation into the rape of a 9-year-old boy by four other boys aged between 10 and 14-years old from the same school.
Watch out on Roundabouts
by Hugh MacArthur •
Our hosts don’t know how to use roundabouts – that’s clear, but now people on the shady side are exploiting this driving defect.
Riots Against Rumanians
by Hugh MacArthur •
(COE13) A traffic dispute in Pedrera (Sevilla) ended in rioting and several cars belonging to Rumanians being turned over.
Operación Canis Petra
by Martin Myall •
Police operation, Canis Petra, has concluded with 22 arrests as part of a gang that specialised in stealing hunting dogs and selling them on.
Off to the London Boat Show
by Martin Myall •
The Asociación de Puertos Deportivos, Marinas de Andalucía, will be at the London Boat Show from the 10th to the 14th of January.
Xmas Emergency 061 Strike
by Vivienne Hughes •
(ESP09) The staff manning the two emergency numbers, 061 and 112, will be going on strike over the Christmas period.
Boy Left in Car While Dad Parties
by Vivienne Hughes •
(COE08) Around mid-November a 40-year-old father was arrested for leaving his 4-year-old son in a car for hours whilst he was in a swingers bar, allegedly drunk.