Tag Archives: Spain crime

A MAN who hacked a church worker to death with a machete in southern Spain has been cleared of terrorism charges after a court instead ruled that the bloody rampage was spurred on by a ‘psychotic break’. Yassin Kajaa, a Moroccan national, killed Diego Valencia (74), the church sexton in an attack on January 20, 2023. The Madrid National Court …

Guns, drug trafficking and gang violence are all over the place. Spain – unfortunately – is home to a string of neighbourhoods where crime is part of daily life. Police flag certain districts, from Barcelona to Sevilla, as being among the most dangerous in the country.  Even though Spain is one of the safer countries in Europe, pockets of deprivation …

POLICE officers on the Costa del Sol recently arrested seven individuals and seized an arsenal of ammunition and weapons after two shootings that occurred between rival families. Over 50 officers from Malaga’s Policia Nacional branch took part in an organized raid this morning on two properties in Marbella. The officers found two real guns, ammunition, fake firearms, large sums of …

Named is a BRITISH national who survived an assassination of mafia style on the Costa Blanca. Sonny Redmond (32), remains in intensive care at Torreveija Hospital, after being shot in an underground parking lot in Lomas de Cabo Roig, a residential neighborhood in Orihuela, Costa. Redmond was sat in his car at around 10pm on December 11 when an unknown …

A BRITISH pilot, who killed his Spanish lover during a drug-fueled sex session, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Aaron Rainbow was sentenced to the maximum penalty in Spanish law for stabbing Oscar Tornero six times, following a crystal meth-induced binge, in 2023. Rainbow, a Surrey man, said he acted in self defence after he became paranoid and …

A BRITISH MAN who is accused of carrying out the Mafia assassination style killings of two Scottish underworld figures, has said that his rights would be violated by being imprisoned in Spain. On May 31, a masked assassin gunned down two notorious crime bosses outside a packed Fuengirola pub – moments after the pair of high-ranking Scottish gangsters had watched …

A ‘LARGE number’ of sexual predators have been allowed to roam the streets of Spain freely after a data glitch on electronic tags prevented judicial authorities from keeping tabs on the location of offenders convicted of sexual abuse, it has been revealed. The disclosure has sparked public outrage with calls to resign equality minister Ana Redondo. Opposition parties have claimed …

HEAD to Barcelona for a holiday and the advice is almost always the same – beware of the pickpockets, hide your valuables and keep your wits about you after dark. Could it be that the Catalan Capital’s reputation for being a crime hotspot is unfair? According to new statistics released by the Barcelona Local Security Board, crime rates have fallen …