Taxi Protests
There were more Street protests yesterday in both Barcelona and Madrid by striking taxi drivers, who are demanding more stringent regulations for online ride-sharing services such as Uber and Cabify.
In the capital protesters burned tires and containers near the city’s main convention center, where King Felipe and Queen Letizia arrived earlier in the day to officially open Fitur, Spain’s leading tourism fair.
the Royals made it into the event, through a side door
With all access roads blocked, both private vehicles and buses were unable to reach the event venue.
In Madrid, taxi representatives and regional authorities walked away from the negotiating table after failing to reach an agreement. The drivers want a similar deal to what their Barcelona colleagues have secured .. users of ride-sharing apps will have to book the service one hour in advance.
Murder Suspect Arrest
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Fuengirola.
The man whose identity has not been revealed, was hiding for the last year by squatting in various buildings across Malaga province.
The incident, which took place in the early hours of New Years Eve 2017, saw the hitman shoot the victim twice.
He fled the scene immediately and had not been seen since.
The wounded victim survived.
Investigators say the incident is yet another act of ‘settling of accounts’ between drug trafficking mafias.
The man is being held without bail ahead of trial.
Remains
THE Guardia Civil reported yesterday that organic remains have been found on the coast of Lanzarote, which are being analysed to see if they belong to a missing 29 year old woman Romina Celeste Nuñez.
The latest discoveries have surfaced after the woman was reported missing in Lanzarote on New Year’s Eve.
Her partner was later arrested after he allegedly confessed that he has disposed of his wife’s body by ‘throwing the corpse into the sea’.
He claims that he did not kill his wife but had found her dead after returning to the family home.
The investigation continues…
Footballer Fraud
The Spanish government has been slammed by experts for letting Cristiano Ronaldo off with a better sentencing deal for tax fraud than fellow footballer Lionel Messi.
Ronaldo was in court in Madrid this week and was fined €18.8million after an agreement with prosecutors.
His suspended jail sentence was converted to a further fine – unlike Messi’s – and experts at Spain’s Treasury department believe his fine should have been up to six times greater.
Members of the Syndicate of Technicians of the Treasury Department said Ronaldo’s fraud was ‘much more serious’ than that of his former La Liga rival Messi.
Barcelona forward Messi was found guilty in 2016, together with his father Jorge, of cheating tax authorities out of €4.1million.