How people-smuggling mafias are gaining ground in Spain
According to police, drug trafficking networks are being used to send migrants from the Canary Islands to the mainland
According to police, drug trafficking networks are being used to send migrants from the Canary Islands to the mainland
According to investigators, Carmen Mireya Alarcón used the country as a “refuge” as she developed her businesses in Ecuador
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
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
The Civil Guard tracked down Yannick M. W. after he fled to the Costa del Sol, where he lived a life of luxury for a year
More than 20 suspects, including city councilors and Civil Guard officers, were arrested in Alicante province and Ibiza for their involvement with Alexei Sirokov
The makeshift facilities in Arguineguín are empty for the first time since August, but smugglers continue to send people on dangerous sea voyages to the archipelago
Cristina B., whose social media pictures show her at Valencia’s Las Fallas festival or at sports competitions, was arrested last week for belonging to a terrorist organization after she tried to cross into the conflict zone in Syria to join ISIS forces, according to police sources
Members of around 100 criminal groups from Eastern Europe are living in the country, locked in a battle over control of the drug trade
In the video of the incident, a gunman is seen firing at the images of several high-profile politicians, including Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias
The confidential document contradicts Interior chief Fernando Grande-Marlaska’s version of events about the dismissal last week of Diego Pérez de los Cobos
Deputy PM asks opposition whether it is encouraging insubordination by the law enforcement agency, and PP spokeswoman calls him “the son of a terrorist”
Interior Ministry denies the move is connected with a court investigation into the government's authorization of mass gatherings just days ahead of the coronavirus lockdown
Antonio González Pacheco, a police officer accused of torturing hundreds of victims under the Spanish dictatorship, passed away at the age of 73
Photos of large groups of people and youngsters playing soccer went viral on Sunday, raising concern that families were breaking the relaxed confinement measures
Civil Guard officers have heard all sort of excuses from people for breaking the coronavirus confinement, and have fined 3,695 drivers for traveling to their second homes
Interior minister says most residents are observing the conditions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, but points out that a four-month sentence has already been handed down to one offender
As at land borders, only residents will be able to enter the country by air or sea, with exceptions for certain professions or for reasons of force majeure
Criminal groups are paying as much as €5,000 per harvest to low-income families who agree to grow the drug in their homes
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez claims that José Luis Ábalos “did what he could to avoid a diplomatic crisis” given that Delcy Rodríguez is banned from entering the European Union
Media reports claim that transportation chief José Luis Ábalos had secret talks with Delcy Rodríguez inside a private aircraft in Madrid’s Barajas airport in the early hours of Monday
Authorities had been looking for the man since last week, when they intercepted the submersible with three tons of cocaine on board
New details emerge about “historic operation” that seized a drug shipment with a market value of €100 million
Two crew members were arrested when the vessel, which is thought to be carrying 3,000 kilos of cocaine, was left to sink near the Galician coast last Sunday
After the first drug-laden submersible ever caught in European waters was seized on Sunday, police are wondering whether there are more such vessels at the bottom of the sea
Two crew members were arrested and a third got away during the joint operation on Sunday in the northwestern Galicia region
Following recent street disturbances by radical independence activists, the authorities are sending reinforcements to guarantee security at polling stations on Sunday