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24 - 30 October 2019
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MARCH OF THOUSANDS MORE than 4,000 people took part in a solidarity demonstration in Palma on Sunday (October 20) to denounce the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders. The protestors marched down Passeig des Born to the Consolat de Mar, where they read a manifesto in which demanded the release of jailed politicians and activists, announcing that new demonstrations would take place in the next few days. Outside of the government headquarters there was a large police presence, halting protestors converging onto the Paseo Marítimo and disrupting traffic. The march was organised by the Balearic Cultural Work, the Sobiranista Assembly of Mallorca, Més and Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya and other independent entities. The
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SOLIDARITY: Protestors disrupted the traffic.
organiser’s manifesto was read by journalist, Glòria Franquet, stating that “we will continue to
take to the streets demanding the freedom of all political prisoners and the return of exiles.”
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Alleged murderer jailed RAFAEL PANTOJA, the alleged murderer of Sacramento Roca, has been sentenced to four years in prison for coercion and harassment. The incident occurred in November of last year, when Pantoja began harassing the victim at work. Roca subsequently filed a complaint at the police station, after finding that the wheels of her car has been punctured, attributing the damage to Pantoja. During the trial, which took place on Tuesday, the prosecution and defence
reached an agreement whereby Pantoja accepted a two-year jail sentence for the crime of serious coercion and an additional two years for harassment. The murder trial is still pending, but relates to the alleged murder of Roca on November 16, 2018. It is reported that the defendant repeatedly stabbed his ex-partner with a machete at her workplace in Palma, inflicting 11 stab wounds to her body. After being arrested, Pantoja attempted to injure himself in his police cell, and was treated at Son Espases hospital.