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ÁLVARO FRÍAS / JUAN CANO
"serious concern" at the increase in violent crimes related to revenge attacks between gangs, such as commissioned killings. THE FIGURE 95 cases of murder or manslaughter were investigated by the Prosecution Service in Malaga in 2018. This was an
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The Costa del Sol has been hit in the past week with the latest wave of murder and violent crime that many are linking to score-settling between increasingly self-confident rival drug gangs. In just 48 hours, two people were killed and one seriously
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A court in Coín has denied bail to two of five new arrests on Tuesday in connection with the clash between rival gypsy gangs in the town three weeks ago. In the street fight, two men from the same family were killed. Two days after the incident o
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Juan Cano / Hector BArbotta
...restaurants in the Puerto Banús area, including Babilonia, Port Side and Linekers, among others. After a rise in violence in Marbella, with more than 20 killings happening in 2018, this is the first incident of the new year. Many of the incidents last year
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JUAN CANO / ÁLVARO FRÍAS.
...traffickers, money launderers and assassins, known as the "death patrol", and is wanted in Sweden in connection with seven killings in Stockholm. The Spanish investigation, in collaboration with the Swedish authorities, began in September in Malaga province,
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Álvaro Frías / Juan cano
Compared to 2017, not only have killings gone up, so have attempted murders (eight more), kidnappings (from four to six) and crimes against sexual freedom (up 18.8%). However, despite this rise in violent crime, Interior ministry figures show an overall
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ÁLVARO FRÍAS / JUAN CANO
...investigators considered that both killings were related to the settling of scores, linked to the world of drug trafficking. Investigations then found that the same gang of hitmen was behind both attacks. This gang, they found, was led by two pairs of
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...conservative PP party held a majority. It was to be used in cases where a victim had had a particularly extreme death, such as child killings or cold-blooded assassinations. So far it has been applied only a handful of times. With the PP losing its majority
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Héctor Barbotta
Costa del Sol to the Costa del Crime, a situation that was covered up as it did little for tourism promotion until the revenge killings, some with stray bullets that claimed innocent victims as collateral damage, forced the authorities into action.