Six people were arrested for allegedly embezzling 9,700 euros from an elderly man, even going so far as to threaten his life. The six men, all from different villages around the Alpujarra, are aged between 21 and 40.
Alpujarra
News from La Alpujarra
Small Village, Big Lie
by Martin Myall •
When your home village has only 726 inhabitants, you can bet that everybody knows everybody, so when you tell a porker, nobody is going to believe it, because they know you. Well, one 54-year-old man in such a village, deep in the Alpujarra, decided to report that he had been mugged and kidnapped, as an explanation for being unable to pay a bar bill.
Rhea & The Refuge
by Jane Skellett •
Did you know that Rhea was the mother of the Greek gods; and goddess of fertility, motherhood and generation? Her name means ‘flow’ and ‘ease’; and as the wife of Kronos (Time), she represents the eternal flow of time and generations.
100,000 Euros Wasted
by Editor •
All of the saplings that were planted in the Alpujarra area as part of a reforestation programme have died… because they were planted in April instead of the Autumn.
Car Arsonists
by Editor •
Guardia Civil officers in Órgiva have arrested two men in connection with the arson attacks on five cars in the Tablones municipal annex of the town.
PSOE Pacts with Benavides over Mancomunidad
by Editor •
It is now clear why the provincial office of the PSOE was against the Almunecar PSOE councillors voting against the Benavides’s party – there were succulent ‘second prizes’ to be had.
Lanjaron Wants a Morgue
by Editor •
(Lanjaron, Alpujarra) The Mayor of Lanjaron has formally requested help from the Chairman of the Provincial Council, Sebastian Perez (PP) for a municipal tanatorio (morgue). The Chairman had been visiting both Lanjaron and Carataunas, both of which have PP mayors.
Black Magic in the Mountains
by Editor •
OK, so there isn’t much black magic going on up in the Alpujarra, but there are a lot of witches and wizards in Soportujar – even if it is just fancy dress – thanks to the III Feria de Embrujo de Soportujar.
Postbox Peril
by Editor •
(Alpujarra) A couple in Cádiar were arrested for allegedly fraudulently obtaining 21,000 euros from five victims, thanks to personal information stolen from their letterbox.
Costa Tropical’s Seaside Gazette
by Editor •
The online version of the Seaside Gazette has been going for two years and already has 1,650 articles, some of them being multiple ones.