The mastermind behind the largest real estate scam in Mallorca has been arrested in Barcelona after nine months on the run. Carlos García Roldán, sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role as the main person responsible in the largest scam investigated in Mallorca, was arrested by Civil Guard agents at his mother’s home, where he is believed to have taken refuge during this time.
A 67-year-old woman has drowned in Felanitx (Mallorca) after being trapped under a car during a heavy downpour. The woman slipped and became immobilized under the vehicle at a time when it was raining heavily. The water was over two palms deep and the woman was immobilized at a time when there was a strong water current due to the intense rains. Some neighbors who passed by the area shortly after found the woman’s body and could do nothing to help her.
A judge in Reus has brought two Mossos d’Esquadra officers who on December 14, 2021, had the difficult task of neutralizing a gunman in Tarragona one step away from trial. In an order reported by Cadena SER and also accessed by La Vanguardia, the judge considers their actions to have been disproportionate.
The National Police arrested on the morning of this Thursday a woman, of Spanish nationality, as the alleged person responsible for the death of a Moroccan immigrant, who was staying in her home, in an irregular situation, according to police sources. So far, it has not been clarified whether the deceased was one of the people who entered in the avalanche on July 30 and 31.
If any of the three men appearing on this page seem familiar, crossed paths with one, and approached you asking for money claiming to have been robbed, know that if you were suspicious, you avoided being scammed. The Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested two men and are searching for a third, accused of scamming dozens of people who, in good faith, lent them money believing they were in trouble and had no cash to return to their country. The victims number over twenty, and the police suspect there are many more who fell for it.
A 32-year-old woman and a 9-year-old girl died this Sunday in a fire that broke out at 5:30 p.m. in a restaurant in Cedrillas (Teruel). In addition, a third person has been evacuated from the first floor of the building due to possible poisoning, according to the Civil Guard. The fire started in the lower part of the building, according to sources from the Provincial Council of Teruel consulted by EFE, and it was extinguished with great force in the rest of the building.
At least one person has died and five have been injured, some seriously, in a shooting that occurred in the early hours of this Sunday at the Schachen racetrack in the Swiss city of Aarau. The incident took place during the celebration of an electronic music party known as “Aarauer Rave.” According to information from the Argovia cantonal police, in northern Switzerland, the shots were fired shortly before three in the morning, in the midst of an event that had gathered several thousand attendees since Saturday afternoon. The perpetrator managed to flee the racetrack where the party was being held.
Since 16:15, a section of the AP-7 highway has been closed due to an accident in the section between Papiol and Sant Cugat del Vallès.
A coach of a women’s volleyball team from Palma, 23 years old, has been arrested in Mallorca by the National Police as the alleged perpetrator of a sexual assault against a student under 16 years old. The young woman became pregnant as a result of the assault.
The National Police have rescued a baby in Seville from inside a vehicle parked on a street in the capital, which was completely locked, with the door locks activated and one of the windows partially open, subsequently proceeding to the arrest of the parents for their alleged involvement in a crime of child abandonment.