
A total of 18 illegal immigrants were arrested by the Guardia Civil on Thursday soon after they reached land in Salobreña.
The Guardia Civil recovered the body of a man around 50-years old from the sea just off Playa de Cagailla, which lies between Salobreña and Motril.
Salvamento Marítimo rescued 52 people, 11 of whom were women, all cramped into a zodiac-type dingy 36 miles of the coast of Granada on Good Friday. It was to be a busy Easter weekend.
The Mayor of Motril had her photo taken next to the pride the fleet; the motorized launch for cleaning up the surface of the sea off the beaches.
The idea is to launch from a base close to Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, which serves two purposes: Huge amounts of tourists eager to be parted from their cash and a launch site far enough into the Atlantic so as not to worry any populated areas.