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Jesús A. Cañas

Heritage

The ‘salt curse’ threatening Cádiz cathedral in southern Spain

Jesús A. Cañas|Cádiz | 14-04-2021 - 07:30 UTC

The risk of crumbling masonry inside the building remains high yet no significant restoration work has been undertaken on its battered vaults for the past 10 years

Drug trafficking

The man behind the first semi-submersible narco vessel that was ‘made in Spain’

Patricia Ortega Dolz/Jesús A. Cañas/Nacho Catalán|Madrid / Cádiz | 09-04-2021 - 06:30 UTC

The boat, initially mistaken for a carnival float, was discovered in a town in Málaga and was designed to transport 2,000 kilos of cocaine

CORONAVIRUS

A post-Covid laboratory called Gibraltar

Jesús A. Cañas|Gibraltar | 05-04-2021 - 08:39 UTC

After vaccinating more than 70% of its population, the British Overseas Territory located in the south of Spain has become one of the first places in the world to ease restrictions such as outdoor mask-wearing

Drug trafficking

Spanish drug lord released from prison after raising €200,000 of bail money via ‘crowdfunding’

Jesús A. Cañas|Cádiz | 04-03-2021 - 11:04 UTC

Sources believe the fundraising effort for Francisco Tejón, aka 'El Castaña,' may be a defense strategy given the gang leader is estimated to have amassed a €30-million fortune

CRIME

The changing face of Spain’s drug trade

Patricia Ortega Dolz/Elisa Lois/Rebeca Carranco/Nacho Sánchez/Jesús A. Cañas|Madrid / Pontevedra / Barcelona / Málaga / Cádiz | 03-02-2021 - 12:57 UTC

The staggering rise in marijuana production and trafficking is the hallmark of a new era of organized crime in the country, where anonymity is key as gangs go global and diversify. From Galicia to Cádiz, EL PAÍS looks at the hotspots for the drug trade across the territory

BREXIT

Spain and UK in talks for post-Brexit military cooperation deal

Miguel González/Jesús A. Cañas|Madrid / Cádiz | 04-01-2021 - 10:30 UTC

The agreement will cover the fight against Jihadism, cyber-defense and joint missions; it will also contain “measures of trust” regarding Gibraltar

BREXIT

Spain, UK reach ‘preliminary agreement’ that will see an end to the border with Gibraltar

Miguel González/Jesús A. Cañas/El País|Madrid / Cádiz | 31-12-2020 - 15:53 UTC

The country’s foreign ministers announced the deal, which will see the British Overseas Territory join the Schengen area, with just hours to go before the United Kingdom definitively leaves the EU

EFFECTS OF BREXIT

Spain and UK in last-ditch talks to bring Gibraltar into Schengen Area

Jesús A. Cañas|Gibraltar | 21-12-2020 - 11:08 UTC

The move would improve transit of people and goods across the border, where long delays are expected if Britain crashes out of the EU without a deal when transition ends on January 1

CORONAVIRUS

The first Spaniards to get the coronavirus vaccine: cross-border workers in Gibraltar

Jesús A. Cañas|Gibraltar | 07-12-2020 - 10:11 UTC

At least 270 people who work in the British Overseas Territory will be immunized in the next few days with the Pfizer dose, which has already been approved by the United Kingdom

GIBRALTAR

British armed forces complete military exercise in Gibraltar’s secret tunnels

Jesús A. Cañas|Cádiz | 12-10-2020 - 10:57 UTC

The four-day mission in the Rock’s vast underground network was aimed at testing soldiers’ ability to fight in “complete darkness”

DRUG TRAFFICKING

Faced with depleting supplies, drug traffickers step up violence against police in southern Spain

Jesús A. Cañas/Nacho Sánchez|Cádiz / Málaga | 01-10-2020 - 14:36 UTC

Over a dozen officers have been injured after being rammed by SUVs driven by narcos who are increasingly “broke and desperate”

CORONAVIRUS

Waiting for tourists in southern Spain’s ghost coast

Nacho Sánchez/Jesús A. Cañas|Torremolinos / Cádiz | 24-09-2020 - 06:30 UTC

More than 80% of hotels on the Málaga shoreline have closed while Cádiz’s are surviving on 20% occupancy this month

The Spanish narco who wanted to be Pablo Escobar

Jesús A. Cañas|Cádiz | 18-08-2020 - 08:28 UTC

'El Nata built a more modest replica of the Colombian drug lord's Hacienda Nápoles in the outskirts of Santa Fe in a bid to emulate the notorious trafficker

CORONAVIRUS

The Spanish villages raising barriers against the coronavirus

Ferran Bono/Jesús A. Cañas|Valencia / Cádiz | 04-04-2020 - 06:14 UTC

Local authorities in some popular tourist destinations are blocking off access roads with piles of earth and concrete blocks

Immigration

Meet the migrants helping the homeless in the south of Spain

Jesús A. Cañas|Jerez de la Frontera | 27-12-2019 - 07:30 UTC

Once a week, a collective of around 30 foreigners distributes clothes and blankets to people sleeping rough in Jerez de la Frontera in Cádiz province

BREXIT

Gibraltar braces for British general election as Brexit deadline looms

Jesús A. Cañas|Gibraltar | 11-12-2019 - 08:23 UTC

Gibraltarians cannot vote in the polls on Thursday even though the results will have a significant impact on their lives

BORDER CONTROL

Smuggling crackdown on Ceuta border leaves porter women in crisis

Jesús A. Cañas|Ceuta | 10-12-2019 - 11:55 UTC

The decision to clamp down on the illicit traffic of goods from the Spanish exclave city to Morocco is being described as an economic disaster for people on both sides of the crossing

RUNNING OF THE BULLS RAPE CASE

Two “La Manada” members get extra jail time for filming gang rape

Pilar Álvarez/Eva Saiz/Jesús A. Cañas|Madrid / Córdoba | 20-11-2019 - 18:06 UTC

Four of the men also stood trial this week over claims they sexually abused an unconscious 21-year-old woman two months before the assault in Pamplona

Gibraltar

A quest for chocolate and cheese sparks a mini border crisis in Gibraltar

Jesús A. Cañas|Cádiz | 30-10-2019 - 07:56 UTC

Local authorities on ‘The Rock’ suspend four border control agents for allowing Spanish Civil Protection volunteers in uniform into the British territory

BREXIT

Gibraltar braces itself for Brexit damage as the divorce approaches

Jesús A. Cañas|Gibraltar | 03-09-2019 - 06:35 UTC

Residents and workers from “The Rock” are facing the possible consequences should the United Kingdom crash out of the European Union on October 31 with concern

IMMIGRATION

Around 150 migrants jump border fence into Ceuta

Jesús A. Cañas|San Roque | 30-08-2019 - 09:28 UTC

Dozens were hurt going over the barbed wire, while 11 agents sustained injuries after border crossers used sticks and acid against them, said Civil Guard representatives

IMMIGRATION

Fifteen migrants rescued by ‘Open Arms’ arrive in Spain

Jesús A. Cañas/José Marcos|San Roque | 30-08-2019 - 08:55 UTC

Deputy PM deflected criticism about government ’s handling of latest immigration crisis in Europe

CONSERVATION

“It’s an environmental catastrophe” – the brown algae threatening Spain’s southern coast

Nacho Sánchez/Jesús A. Cañas|Málaga / Cádiz | 26-08-2019 - 06:44 UTC

Scientists are calling for urgent action against the species, which is hurting the biodiversity in the area as well as the fishing and tourism industry

INTERVIEW

“Drug traffickers are practically idols in Campo de Gibraltar”

Jesús A. Cañas|Cádiz | 06-08-2019 - 11:59 UTC

EL PAÍS spoke with public prosecutor Ana Villagómez about the shady underworld of the hashish trade in the south of Spain and what the justice system must do to stop it

GIBRALTAR

With Brexit looming, memories of Gibraltar border shutdown resurface

Jesús A. Cañas|Cádiz | 10-06-2019 - 10:42 UTC

Communities on both sides are observing the 50th anniversary of Franco’s decision to close all access to and from ‘The Rock,’ and recalling the dramatic effects that it had

Workplace accidents

Spain’s Civil Guard arrests businessmen who stripped uniform off employee to cover up workplace death

Jesús A. Cañas|Cádiz | 12-04-2019 - 11:04 UTC

The victim, who had no protective clothing or training on how to operate heavy machinery, died while using a forklift

BREXIT

Gibraltar “satisfied” with tax treaty that could remove it from Spain’s blacklist

Jesús A. Cañas/El País|Cádiz | 05-03-2019 - 10:14 UTC

But business and union leaders are unsure if deal will go ahead due to instability of UK and Spanish governments

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