ISSUE NO. 1690
23 - 29 November 2017
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Drought measures drafted in
New probe hope
DROUGHT measures will be introduced in Malaga Province from January. The decision from the Junta de Andalucia comes as southern Spain continues to suffer its worst period of dry weather for 20 years. And farmers look set to face water cuts as authorities move to combat the drought by drafting a special decree. Other new actions include increasing the efficiency of water treatment plant and improving the region’s pipeline infrastructure. But reports suggest that a €10 million investment is needed to get the treatment plants running at 100 per cent capacity, while improving the irrigation network in the Guadalhorce valley could cost €61 million. It was estimated that work could cost up to €1 billion in total, with more than 50 unfinished projects.
Police reopen toddler death case Police have begun a virtual reconstruction of the events surrounding the death of tragic toddler Lucia Vivar. It comes after her furious parents Antonio and Almudena demanded a series of 20 points from the official Guardia Civil report be clarified in the wake of detectives closing the case And the investigating judge has now requested that the case be reopened to confirm whether Lucia’s injuries hold up to the findings in the report, which ruled her death was accidental. As reported previously in the Euro Weekly News, Lucia went missing from her family at the train station in Pizarra last July, with her lifeless body found more than 4km away the next morning. The official report concluded that Lucia was killed when she
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By Kat Ashton
MISSING SCENE: The spot where Lucia was found and (inset) parents Almudena and Antonio. was struck by the first train on the tracks that morning, but her parents claim it dismissed several important pieces of evidence. Lucia’s family said the report does not explain how the girl was able to walk more than 4.2 kilometres in the dark without
receiving any bumps or scratches on her arms or legs. They questioned why the train had set off that morning as usual, even though they were told services would be delayed until Lucia was found. A bottle of chloroform was also recently discovered around
700 metres from where Lucia disappeared. Local media sources reported that police found ‘no connection’ between the bottle and Lucia’s disappearance, but her parents asked police to continue investigations into its appearance nonetheless.