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Man lies about discovering body dumped in tunnel by motorway exit after beating victim to death at his Costa Blanca home

A MOROCCAN man, 53, has been arrested for beating a friend to death with a garden hoe at his Pilar de la Horadada home. He

12 May, 2026 @ 11:36

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Son, 22, ‘confesses’ to murder of Belgian expat mother, 56, discovered dismembered in landfill site on popular Spanish island

THE body of a Belgian expat who disappeared on the island of Fuerteventura earlier this month has been found dismembered in a landfill site. Katty

11 May, 2026 @ 11:38

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Bizarre twist in Almeria narco war as grandson of ‘armed and dangerous’ murder suspect posts video confessing to the killing

A MAN claiming to be the grandson of a runaway murder suspect has posted a TikTok video confessing to the killing his grandfather is wanted

29 Apr, 2026 @ 14:22

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Mocromafia ‘gangsters’ walk free after jury acquits them of murdering ‘Butcher of Amsterdam’ police informer on Spain’s southern coast

TWO men accused of murdering a Dutch criminal linked to the Mocromafia, one of the most feared drug mafias operating in Spain, have been acquitted

28 Apr, 2026 @ 14:30

Cádiz·crime·Crime & Law·Lead

How the killing of a grandmother in Cordoba at the hands of her husband exposes the cracks in Spain’s domestic violence protection system

A 64-YEAR-OLD woman killed by her ex-husband last Monday in Cordoba is the 16th gender-violence victim in Spain this year, raising concerns over the effectiveness

14 Apr, 2026 @ 13:33

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead

Gold chain thief is bitten by victim and then captured by chasing pedestrians in Spain's Mallorca

Colombian woman, 64, is hacked to death by her ex just one hour before domestic violence hearing in Andalucia

A COLOMBIAN woman has been murdered by her ex-partner in Cordoba just one hour before a domestic violence hearing. Grandmother Tulia Ester, 64, was killed

14 Apr, 2026 @ 12:56

Andalucia·Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead

Husband, 45, arrested after wife’s killed in suspected gender violence case in northern Spain

BASQUE police have locked up a 45-year-old man this Friday, following the violent death of his wife, 44, in Basauri, Vizcaya. The man is suspected

3 Apr, 2026 @ 16:48

Basque Country·Crime & Law·Lead

Machete-wielding man shot dead by police in the Canary Islands after ‘murdering 10-year-old son and seriously injuring the boy’s mother’

A MACHETE-ARMED suspect has been shot dead by officers in Tenerife after allegedly murdering his 10-year-old son and critically injuring the boy’s mother. Police were

20 Feb, 2026 @ 12:08

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Two Italian mafia members wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

WATCH: Two Italian mafia mobsters wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

TWO members of a notorious Italian mafia gang have been arrested in Spain by the Policia Nacional. The fugitives were wanted for an array of

28 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Almeria·Andalucia·Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Spanish race car driver confesses to ‘accidentally killing own father with a machete during row in a warehouse’ in northern Spain

A SPANISH race car driver has confessed to killing his father with a machete in July. Antolin Gonzalez, 23, said he wrested the weapon from

24 Oct, 2025 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: The disturbing history of the Swedish rapper shot dead in Marbella in revenge killing

THE victim of a grisly shooting that shook Marbella this weekend has been identified as a Swedish rapper with a violent past and suspected links

5 Oct, 2025 @ 18:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Russia's dirty war comes to Spain as pro-Moscow Ukrainian is gunned down by Madrid school

Russia’s dirty war comes to Spain: Pro-Moscow Ukrainian is gunned down outside exclusive Madrid school

A MAN who worked for a former Ukrainian president has been shot and killed in Madrid. Solicitor and former politician Andriy Portnov, 52, was assassinated

21 May, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Body of man, 30, discovered with ‘multiple stab wounds’ near Costa del Sol village

THE body of a man that has been discovered on Monday afternoon has multiple stab wounds in the chest, presumably from a knife. The body

14 May, 2025 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead

'Police arrest woman on Madrid airport plane after stealing coat at security control

Body found in southern Spain may be fugitive husband who murdered wife

LOCAL police in Spain have found the body of a man in an advanced state of decomposition hanging from a tree on Monday. Police suspect

14 May, 2025 @ 12:15

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Body of missing US banker Grant Barr washes up on a Costa del Sol beach

THE body of missing American banker Grant Barr has been found washed ashore on the Costa del Sol more than two months after he vanished,

14 Apr, 2025 @ 13:04

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Ex-mayor is assassinated in Valencia: Body of Arturo Torro is found ‘shot and strangled’ inside his car following drive-by attack

Ex-mayor is assassinated in Valencia: Body of Arturo Torro is found ‘shot and strangled’ by his car following drive-by attack

A MURDER inquiry has been opened after the body of former Gandia mayor, Arturo Torro, was found by his car on Wednesday night. 62-year-old Torro

20 Feb, 2025 @ 11:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Woman ‘killed by husband’ in Benalmadena had requested a restraining order but was denied

A SPANISH woman was denied a restraining order against her ‘abusive’ ex-partner just days before he allegedly killed her, it has emerged. Catalina, 48, was

10 Feb, 2025 @ 14:27

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Finnish expat who killed and dismembered his partner before dumping her remains in bins around Torrevieja is jailed: Victim’s head was never found

A FINNISH man, 73, has been jailed for 22 years after killing his partner, 68, before cutting her up and dumping parts of her body

4 Feb, 2025 @ 07:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British gang visited Ibiza to carry out robberies and used stolen vehicles including UK car with false plates

Horror in Mallorca: German expat, 74, ‘is axed to death by her son-in-law’ inside her villa

A GERMAN expat has been axed to death inside her villa in Mallorca. The 74-year-old was allegedly struck in the head with the bladed weapon

26 Sep, 2024 @ 12:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Husband charged with kidnapping and murdering Ana Knezevich after she disappeared from her Madrid apartment in February

Man accused of kidnapping his missing wife Ana Knezevich in Spain is kept behind bars in the US after a Florida judge declared him a ‘serious flight risk’

A JUDGE in the American state of Florida has denied bail to David Knezevich for a second time, as the court proceedings against the Serbian

11 Sep, 2024 @ 12:52

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Ana Knezevich latest: Husband of missing US expat pleads not guilty to her kidnapping in Spain – after CCTV showed him buying duct tape in Madrid hardware store

THE estranged husband of Ana Knezevich, a Colombian native with US nationality who went missing in Madrid on February 2, pleaded not guilty on Monday

11 Jun, 2024 @ 11:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Spanish photographer and guide is killed during attack while filming a tribe in Africa: Tributes pour in for Toni Espadas

A SPANISH photographer and tour guide has been killed whilst filming a TV show with a tribe in Ethiopia. Tributes have poured in for Toni

21 May, 2024 @ 13:03

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Wtcg And Partners Funds Humanitarian Rescue Mission In Afghanistan Copia 1

Three Spanish tourists are shot dead in Afghanistan: Multiple others injured

THREE tourists from Spain’s Catalunya region were killed yesterday in a shooting that took place in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province. Seven other people were injured in

18 May, 2024 @ 13:36

Catalunya·Lead

Convicted killer of eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz placed in isolation after mother of victim denounces efforts to record a documentary about the case in the Spanish prison where she is serving her life sentence

ANA Julia Quezada, the convicted killer of eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz, has been placed in isolation in the Spanish prison where she is serving her life

15 May, 2024 @ 13:40

Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead

True crime doc row in Spain: Mother of murdered boy demands an end to Netflix shows that ‘use’ tragedies – while father of teen whose body was never found insists they help expose police failures

PATRICIA Ramirez, the mother of murdered eight-year-old boy Gabriel Cruz, has publicly called for television and documentary producers to scrap any plans to make content

9 May, 2024 @ 16:56

Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Dog finds a human ARM at a ‘finca’ in Spain: Police analyse ring on victim’s finger after failing to find rest of the body

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil is investigating a grisly discovery in Alicante province, after a dog found an arm apparently belonging to a woman on a finca,

9 May, 2024 @ 15:30

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Man lies about discovering body dumped in tunnel by motorway exit after beating victim to death at his Costa Blanca home

Son, 22, ‘confesses’ to murder of Belgian expat mother, 56, discovered dismembered in landfill site on popular Spanish island

Bizarre twist in Almeria narco war as grandson of ‘armed and dangerous’ murder suspect posts video confessing to the killing

Mocromafia ‘gangsters’ walk free after jury acquits them of murdering ‘Butcher of Amsterdam’ police informer on Spain’s southern coast

How the killing of a grandmother in Cordoba at the hands of her husband exposes the cracks in Spain’s domestic violence protection system

Colombian woman, 64, is hacked to death by her ex just one hour before domestic violence hearing in Andalucia

Husband, 45, arrested after wife’s killed in suspected gender violence case in northern Spain

Machete-wielding man shot dead by police in the Canary Islands after ‘murdering 10-year-old son and seriously injuring the boy’s mother’

WATCH: Two Italian mafia mobsters wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

Spanish race car driver confesses to ‘accidentally killing own father with a machete during row in a warehouse’ in northern Spain

Revealed: The disturbing history of the Swedish rapper shot dead in Marbella in revenge killing

Russia’s dirty war comes to Spain: Pro-Moscow Ukrainian is gunned down outside exclusive Madrid school

Body of man, 30, discovered with ‘multiple stab wounds’ near Costa del Sol village

Body found in southern Spain may be fugitive husband who murdered wife

Body of missing US banker Grant Barr washes up on a Costa del Sol beach

Ex-mayor is assassinated in Valencia: Body of Arturo Torro is found ‘shot and strangled’ by his car following drive-by attack

Woman ‘killed by husband’ in Benalmadena had requested a restraining order but was denied

Finnish expat who killed and dismembered his partner before dumping her remains in bins around Torrevieja is jailed: Victim’s head was never found

Horror in Mallorca: German expat, 74, ‘is axed to death by her son-in-law’ inside her villa

Man accused of kidnapping his missing wife Ana Knezevich in Spain is kept behind bars in the US after a Florida judge declared him a ‘serious flight risk’

Ana Knezevich latest: Husband of missing US expat pleads not guilty to her kidnapping in Spain – after CCTV showed him buying duct tape in Madrid hardware store

Spanish photographer and guide is killed during attack while filming a tribe in Africa: Tributes pour in for Toni Espadas

Three Spanish tourists are shot dead in Afghanistan: Multiple others injured

Convicted killer of eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz placed in isolation after mother of victim denounces efforts to record a documentary about the case in the Spanish prison where she is serving her life sentence

True crime doc row in Spain: Mother of murdered boy demands an end to Netflix shows that ‘use’ tragedies – while father of teen whose body was never found insists they help expose police failures

Dog finds a human ARM at a ‘finca’ in Spain: Police analyse ring on victim’s finger after failing to find rest of the body

From the death of Marbella’s most corrupt mayor to a royal wedding and a meteorite strike – some of the wild things to have happened on this day in Spain

Spain set to smash tourist spending record as Brits and other visitors to splash €121 billion in 2026

Spain’s security services reveal 600 narco speedboats prowl the Strait of Gibraltar after two Guardia Civil die in high-speed pursuit

Man who brutally kicked ex-partner’s cat to death in a Torrevieja street to be deported from Spain

WATCH: Alicante police want to speak with three passersby who battered thief trying to steal a motorbike in broad daylight

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