ISSUE NO. 1657
6 - 12 April 2017
COSTA DE ALMERÍA
YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
Burned to death Cave fire kills three By Matt Ford A single 17-year-old boy remains in police custody after two girls and a young man were killed in a fire in the La Molineta area of Los Angeles neighbourhood, Almeria City, on Monday night. Three teenagers were initially detained, but two have now been released without charge. The incident occurred at around 8pm on Monday evening, when the alarm was raised that three people were trapped in a cave by a burning sofa. As they arrived at the scene, police and firefighters came across a group of youths “blaming each other” for the fatal blaze. The dead include two girls aged 12 and 14 plus a 21year-old man, whose bodies were “completely charred” according to a statement, which also confirmed that the fire had to be extinguished by force. After questioning, a Na-
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No to NATO PROTESTERS demanded the closure of the NATO base in Viator during a demonstration on April 1. Almeria platform ‘NATO no, bases out’ denounced the facility as a cover for the imperialist adventures of western armies. They claim locals are regularly fired and replaced with military insiders from Spain and abroad. See page 5
Poaching posse A RESIDENT of Almeria is a prime suspect in an illegal hunting ring operating across Spain. Seprona agents believe a wealthy Almerian individual hired the criminal gang to set up large
game hunting expeditions. Police in Aragon have arrested three men they believe offered hunters the chance to kill wild bears, goats and deer in protected reserves. See page 10
Park plea AN unusual motion is before the Carboneras Council. Patriotic politicians hope to get the town’s name on Almeria’s most famous natural park. Currently known as Cabo de Gata-Nijar, they insist that, since Carboneras makes up such a huge proportion of the park’s territory, it deserves recognition. See page 14
Abduction attempt CHARRED CAVE: Where three young people lost their lives.
tional Police spokesman said that the young suspect is to remain in custody for the time being because he is being investigated for homicide. He allegedly set fire to the sofa outside the cave, a regular haunt for local teenagers, but the flames quickly spread inside after several other
pieces of furniture and other flammable material began to burn. The boy apparently attempted to put the fire out but was unable to do so, and it engulfed the three victims. Mayor of Almeria, Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco, expressed his solidarity in a
statement which read: “I can only regret that this kind of thing happens, and I want to express on behalf of the City Council our condolences to the family and relatives of the victims. “I hope that such events never happen again in Almeria.”
POLICE are investigating alarming claims from a local mother that a foreign-looking, possibly British, man tried to kidnap her daughter on the streets of Cantoria. After weeks of inquiry officials have made public their ongoing search for the suspect, aged between 55 and 60, speaking in broken Spanish, and of white Anglo-Saxon, possibly Germanic looks. See page 73