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ISSUE NO. 1769
30 May - 5 June 2019
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Jewellery heist POLICE have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing €19,900 of jewellery from a shop in Velez-Malaga. Officers from the National Police claim the 36-year-old Venezuelan man burgled three display cases of gold necklaces from the small store. The man was allegedly caught red-handed as he tried to flee with the jewels in a bag under his arm. After searching him, police claim to have discovered all the pieces reported stolen, valuing almost €20,000. The suspect was later charged with eight counts of robbery.
By Sally Underwood SUNDAY’S municipal elections turned up some interesting, and in some cases historic, results across Axarquia. While many municipalities suffered split results, leading to coalition negotiations, Frigiliana saw an outright victory for the left-leaning PSOE party, which gained 780 votes and six councillors out of 11. Meanwhile, in Torrox, incumbent mayor Oscar Medina celebrated a historic victory, gaining the first outright victory for the Partido Popular (PP) party in the town’s history. The right wing party won nine seats out of a possible 17, and 3,231 votes, while the PSOE party came second with four seats. The PP saw further success in Moclinejo, winning the most seats at four out of a possible nine. The party will still not need to form a coalition, however, in order for its mayor, Antonio
Tragic finds STOLEN GOODS: Police claim a man robbed multiple gold necklaces.
The results are in
Muñoz, to retain power. In Nerja, it was a return to frontline politics for former mayor Jose Alberto Armijo. The politician, who was mayor between 1995 and 2015, ousted incumbent mayor Rosa Arrabal, after his PP won 10 out of a possible 21 seats. Armijo will now need to enter a coalition with fellow rightleaning parties Cuidadanos, Vox or UPNER. Other municipalities saw results which were far less clear, including Rincon de la Victoria, where the vote was split almost completely evenly be-
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tween left and right wing parties. The PP gained the most seats with seven out of 21, while PSOE was not far behind with five councillors, meaning a coalition of at least two parties will be necessary for any governing team to take power. Similarly, in Velez-Malaga, incumbent mayor Antonio Moreno Ferrer’s position is in jeopardy after his PSOE party gained just seven out of a possible 25 seats, leaving the party scrambling to form a coalition with other left-wing parties.
According to Spanish media, talks to form a coalition in Algarrobo are already underway after the majority of votes were split evenly between the PSOE and PP parties, with six councillors each. This leaves the Ciudadanos party’s one councillor, Jose Luis Ruiz Cabezas, as kingmaker. He said: “The only thing we want is for our agenda to be respected, which involves improving the cleaning services, parks and gardens, beaches and making the council job boards much more transparent.”
TWO bodies have been discovered on beaches in Almuñecar and Salobreña in one week. On Sunday, the corpse of a 52-year-old man washed up on Playa Tesorillo, at the eastern end of Playa Velilla in Almuñecar. According to media reports, the body is currently with the Instituto de Medicina Legal awaiting a postmortem to determine a cause of death. A beach-goer reportedly alerted emergency services to the corpse after spotting it on the shore at around noon. Members of the Salvamento Maritimo, Local Police, and Proteccion Civil and health services attended the scene before removing the body. Two days later, on Tuesday, the corpse of an elderly woman was also found washed up on Playa de la Charca, near the Peñon, Salobreña. According to media reports, the victim is thought to have been a foreign woman in her 80’s. Her body, which had a lifejacket on, was spotted around 15 metres from the beach.