A few hours after the jailing of Pepe, the man in a wheelchair who killed another when he tried to rob him, some neighbors of the Bon Pastor neighborhood in Barcelona claimed that he should be released and justified that he had only defended himself. Pending the investigation's progress to clarify what exactly happened, legal experts consulted by ARA agree on the complexity of applying the criminal figure of self-defense, which can eliminate all responsibility in a homicide. "Whether Pepe acted in self-defense or not will be the star topic of the trial, which will be held with a popular jury," anticipates criminal lawyer Olga Arderiu.

Watches are often a top target for thieves, especially specialized pickpockets who can tell an original Rolex from a fake just by looking at it. In fact, watches are the fifth most stolen item in Barcelona. Robberies with violence and intimidation of these accessories –usually because a tug on the strap is already considered violence– represent 8.8% of the total registered in the city. Last year, there were more than a thousand in the Catalan capital, almost three every day. A recent robbery perfectly demonstrates the modus operandi used by thieves.

The Bon Pastor neighborhood of Barcelona is still in shock over a crime that shook the community five days ago. En Pepe, a man with mobility and respiratory problems, allegedly stabbed a young man who had stolen a chain from him, and the thief ended up dying. The man has already been taken into provisional prison, a judicial decision that has outraged part of the neighborhood, which justifies it as self-defense and denounces that En Pepe is in a delicate state of health.

The Mossos d'Esquadra arrested a man in his 60s this Sunday midday for killing another in the Bon Pastor neighborhood of Barcelona. The victim, a young man, died from a stab wound to the chest. The incident took place on the street in broad daylight, but it was not part of a fight, but rather a robbery in which the victim was, allegedly, the perpetrator of the stabbing.

The Mossos d'Esquadra arrested a man around 60 years old this Sunday at noon for killing another in the Bon Pastor neighborhood of Barcelona. The victim, a young boy, died from a stab wound to the chest. The events took place on the street in broad daylight, but they are not framed within a fight, but rather a robbery in which the victim was, presumably, the perpetrator of the stabbing.

The Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested a minor student for stabbing another at a high school in Girona. As reported by Ràdio Girona and confirmed by the Mossos to el ARA, the events took place around 1 p.m. at the Narcís Xifra Institute, when the two students were fighting. One of them attacked the other with a bladed weapon in the schoolyard and has been arrested for assault.

The Catalan police (Mossos d'Esquadra) and the National Police launched an operation Monday morning against a drug trafficking ring based in Catalonia. Following an investigation coordinated by Europol, the police are seeking to dismantle a Turkish gang involved in trafficking marijuana and cocaine, but which also trafficked in weapons, according to sources consulted by ARA. The police have made 19 arrests, 14 of them in Catalonia. The investigation began a year ago, and the operation is now in full swing. Arrests have been made in Barcelona, ​​Teià, Sabadell, Tordera, and Lloret de Mar. In addition, two people have been arrested in Málaga, and six others are under investigation in Greece. Specifically, the accused are allegedly responsible for receiving the drugs in Catalonia—they did not produce them—and distributing them to other parts of Europe, where they fetch much higher prices. One of the police raids was at a bar in Poble Sec. In total, more than 200 officers are involved.

The Civil Guard is investigating the death of a three-year-old girl in Torrevieja, in La Vega Baja, as a possible crime of vicarious violence. The little girl was found hanging and the body of her father, also deceased, was also found. As reported by the Efe agency, last night the girl's mother and ex-partner of the alleged perpetrator of the crime alerted the Civil Guard because she had not been able to contact the man for hours and was afraid he might harm her daughter. Upon receiving the alert, the police went to the alleged murderer's house and found, in the early morning, the lifeless bodies of the girl and the man in the basement of the house.

Jewelers in Catalonia have a WhatsApp group which has been buzzing in recent days. Photos of two men on a shopping spree across the country have been circulating. They entered a shop in Manresa on March 17th. The owners describe them as "polite and friendly," saying they wanted to buy jewelry for their parents. They spoke Spanish and English. As the jeweler displayed all the pieces on the table, they surreptitiously—as can be seen in the video—started taking jewelry. While one looked, asked questions, or tried on a piece, the other would grab it. "I didn't notice anything. And when I watch the video, I don't understand how I didn't see it," admits the woman who served them.

The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) have arrested eight young people, seven of them minors, for assault and public disorder at a mosque in Manresa. The youths belong to the city's Maghrebi community and, according to police sources, were criticizing worshippers for attending the mosque or for observing Ramadan. They are believed to be young people who were upset with these religious practices and reacted violently. However, the Mossos describe the incident as more a matter of antisocial behavior and vandalism than a religious confrontation. The oldest of the group is 18 years old.

A 48-year-old woman was arrested in the Valencian town of Chiva after setting her partner, a 49-year-old man, on fire, according to sources in the Civil Guard who spoke to the EFE news agency. The incident occurred last night at the family home, and the man was admitted in critical condition to the burns unit of the La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital in Valencia, as reported by the newspaper. The ProvincesAccording to the newspaper, initial investigations suggest that the woman doused her partner with a flammable liquid they used to light the stove while he slept. The man managed to escape through a window and call for help. The couple's 16-year-old daughter was also home at the time of the attack.

The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) have arrested a man for allegedly searching a minor in a bathroom at a Primary Care Center (CAP) in Barcelona, ​​as reported by ARA on Monday. The incident occurred on February 19 at a health center in the Eixample district. The man allegedly filmed a nine-year-old girl while she was in the bathroom. The girl was partially undressed. The Catalan police have arrested the man, a 23-year-old with no prior criminal record. The investigation is ongoing, and his background is being examined. They are investigating whether the man is employed by a daycare center or summer camp. This suggests he works with minors, although he was not an employee of the health center. The man was arrested on March 4 after the girl's family filed a complaint and the police were able to identify the main suspect.

Firefighters from the Generalitat (Catalan government) located a body in the Mogent River in Llinars del Vallès on Sunday. While identification is still underway, it is suspected that the body may be that of the 69-year-old man who went missing on Friday after the van he was traveling in was swept away by floodwaters as he attempted to cross a footbridge during a storm. ReginaThe body was located about 400 meters from where the vehicle was found, about 2.4 kilometers from the footbridge. "It is the lifeless body of a person who matches the description of the driver we were looking for," admitted Fire Department Sub-Inspector and head of the search, Oriol Pellisa.

Firefighters from the Generalitat (Catalan government) have been searching since Friday at midday for the driver of a van swept away by the Mogent River in Llinars del Vallès due to the recent heavy rains. On Saturday, the search area was extended to the sea because the water level was dropping significantly on Friday, explained the head of the operation, Sub-Inspector Héctor Serrat. He added that a helicopter flight was also conducted from the mouth of the Besòs River to the town. According to the Firefighters, it is "clear" that the person was inside the vehicle and "must be somewhere along the river," but as of Saturday night, there were no new developments. Serrat explained that the search would continue throughout Saturday night and into the early hours of Sunday morning, but with fewer personnel. Nightfall forced the withdrawal of aerial resources and personnel working in the water, leaving the search to approximately fifteen people who will continue the operation from land. The search is scheduled to resume on Sunday with the same team, which includes the use of a helicopter. Firefighters received a call from a relative of the driver on Friday at 2:32 p.m., alerting them that the man had called them from his car because it was stuck in the water and he was now reaching the cab. Although emergency teams gained access to the vehicle shortly afterward, which had overturned at the mouth of the Giola stream and the Mogent River, parallel to the AP-7 highway, they found no one inside.

The Mossos d'Esquadra commissioner, Eduard Sallent, will leave the police force in the coming weeks. He was currently the head of the South Metropolitan Police Region. The Catalan police chief has served in two different periods: first under the government of Quim Torra and then under that of Pere Aragonès. When Salvador Illa's PSC party returned to power in Catalonia, the new Minister of the Interior, Núria Parlon, and the new Director of the Police, Josep Lluís Trapero, dismissed him and appointed Commissioner Miquel Esquius in his place. Sallent's decision to request a leave of absence, as previously reported by The Country And confirmed by the ARA, it has already been communicated to police headquarters.

Salvador Macip, a doctor, researcher, writer, and science communicator, is being victimized by identity theft perpetrated by a company, currently anonymous, that is using his image to promote pills that supposedly aid weight loss. This supplement promises a 10-kilogram weight loss in three weeks, and the website features a photograph of Macip, along with his name, as if he were presenting the pill and discussing all its benefits. "I would never advertise that; I'm precisely against these things," he stated in an interview with ARA.

It begins to resolve the mysterious robbery in the Núria ValleyOn February 9th, four masked individuals forced their way into the ski resort and attempted to steal cash from the tills. They targeted a safe weighing over 100 kilograms, which they hauled away on a sled along the rack railway tracks. So far, the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) have arrested two of the suspects: two men, aged 28 and 52, who worked at the Núria hotel. One was a cook and the other a waiter. Both were sleeping at the hotel and allegedly took advantage of the darkness and silence to commit the robbery with two other people. Security camera footage shows two more masked individuals whose identities are currently unknown to the Mossos. The arrested men are not believed to be from the Ripollès region, but had traveled to Núria specifically for work. The Mossos arrested them this Wednesday at the resort, where they were still working.

A child remains hospitalized with serious injuries after falling from a hotel in Hospitalet de Llobregat on Sunday. The child, between five and six years old, fell approximately eight meters. He sustained multiple injuries and was initially unconscious, according to sources consulted by ARA, although no internal bleeding was detected. The incident occurred early Sunday morning, around 4:00 AM, at the Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower Hotel. His family was celebrating a wedding in the same building, and according to initial reports, the child went to play with another child in a designated area of ​​the hotel. At that moment, the child apparently lifted a grate covering a hole and fell. The Emergency Medical Services activated five ambulances, which treated and transported the child in critical condition to Sant Joan de Déu Hospital.

A homeless man was admitted to Trueta Hospital in Girona in critical condition on Sunday after being beaten by a 26-year-old man. According to reports... The Opinion of Zamora As confirmed by ARA, around 8 a.m., the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) received a report that a man was assaulting a person lying on the ground on the Passeig de Olot, in the Santa Eugenia neighborhood of Girona. Upon seeing the officers arrive, the assailant attempted to flee. When the officers intercepted him, the man attacked them, but they were eventually able to arrest him, charging him with assault and resisting arrest. The Catalan police have opened an investigation to clarify the events. The victim is hospitalized in critical condition with a guarded prognosis at the Trueta Hospital in Girona. According to the city council, the homeless man who was assaulted had been visited by members of social service organizations and municipal professionals, who offered him housing alternatives, which he declined.

When two years ago the building fire In the Campanar neighborhood of Valencia, where ten people died, the hope of those affected to return to their apartments is gradually replacing the memory of the suffering endured during the tragedy. Mourning for the victims, who were remembered this Sunday in a memorial ceremony, remains. A testament to the growing hope are José Javier Abarca, Javier Baldoví, and Àlex Chiva, three residents who are close to recovering their homes. We spoke with them a few days before the anniversary in the park adjacent to the building. In the background, the sounds of hammers and pickaxes from the construction workers and the whir of cement mixers can be heard. These are proof that the reconstruction work is progressing. The date marked on the calendar for its completion is between December of this year and January of next year. "I'm incredibly excited. In 2027, the Three Wise Men will bring us the keys to our homes; now that will be a real gift," Chiva rejoices. The enthusiasm is shared by Baldoví and Abarca – we spoke with him by phone. "We're very hopeful. We're really looking forward to it," he summarizes.