The candidate for re-election as president of the Junta de Andalucía, the popular Juanma Moreno Bonilla, warned this Saturday that drug trafficking has become a “very serious” problem for Andalucía and for Spain, where it has recently claimed several lives such as the two members of the Civil Guard who died yesterday in the line of duty in Huelva while pursuing a drug-running speedboat. “We are going to win this battle with the effort of society and the drive and capability of the Civil Guard and the National Police,” he added

The unusual image of the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil entering, under the orders of Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Balas, the force’s headquarters to request documentation of confidential information has created great commotion, and enormous discomfort, internally.

The Central Electoral Board (JEC) demanded this Thursday to strengthen controls over the assignment of the electoral municipality of Spaniards naturalized under the so-called ‘grandchildren law’ and ordered the preparation of an instruction that unifies the criteria used by the consulates to decide the district in which they are registered.