Patricia Ortega Dolz

Interior Ministry denies the move is connected with a court investigation into the government’s authorization of large public events 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

The High Court is concerned that the jihadists could indoctrinate young people once they are repatriated from Syria

According to sources from the investigation into the apparent murder of 67-year-old Jesús Mari Baranda, the domestic employee was asked to throw away a number of large trash bags

The homicide suspect, María del Carmen M.G., had claimed the package was full of sex toys, but in fact it contained the decomposing body part of victim Jesús María B. R.

Seven women and two men will decide the fate of Ana Julia Quezada, the self-confessed killer of the child, who was the son of her boyfriend at the time of his death in 2018

A massive search for the 1992 Olympic bronze medalist came to a tragic end on Wednesday, when the 56-year-old’s corpse was located in the Sierra de Madrid mountains

The search operation for the 1992 bronze medalist was the biggest ever rolled out in the region

The suspect has only spoken to ask for medication for his aching leg, but has shown no interest in his surviving son Jonas, leading investigators to believe the crime was premeditated

Manuela Grande, the mother of one of the Spaniards identified in Syria, tells EL PAÍS about the tough childhood of Luna Fernández and explains how the husband radicalized her

Three female Spanish nationals have been identified in detention camps where members of the Islamic State in Syria are being held

A Foreign Ministry spokesperson told the state news agency KCNA that they expect Madrid to conduct a full investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice

Investigators say the group used micro-cameras to provide evidence of the raid to whoever ordered and financed the operation

According to Spanish investigators, two of the men who broke into the diplomatic headquarters have connections to the US intelligence service