![A police officer arrests a member of a drug ring found stashing packages of cocaine into a hiding place in the back seat of a car in Pontevedra.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/Y3YA7GFLO3FXRBVEK2URWGLUIY.jpg?auth=dc0421d3d2ca3cf25f6584437da3894e94d1d219aa60202202e0d89552884d5a&width=414&height=233&smart=true)
The new cocaine lords of Galicia
After the excesses of the 1990s, the drug gangs from northwestern Spain have become adept at avoiding detection. But operating below the radar is a thriving transportation empire stretching all the way to Africa and the eastern Mediterranean