A man has been arrested for the alleged murder of his ex-partner in Huelva.

BarcelonaThe Civil Guard has arrested a 56-year-old man in the town of Moguer, Huelva, as the suspected perpetrator of the murder of his ex-partner, a 47-year-old woman. The case is being investigated as a gender-based violence crime, according to sources close to the investigation who spoke to EFE. The murder took place in a shantytown near Palos de la Frontera. The arrest was made early this morning after the victim's coworkers found her body with signs of violence. When the woman failed to show up for work at a local farm, they went looking for her. The mayor of Moguer, Gustavo Cuéllar, confirmed that the woman had "stab wounds." According to police sources, there are no prior reports or records of the detainee in the VioGen system, which only includes cases of gender-based violence. However, the victim's daughter had informed officers last week that the now-detained man had threatened her mother after she announced she was marrying someone else.

34 crimes in the State in 2025

The mayor of Moguer specified that the victim "had lived in Moguer for 17 years and had recently brought her 23-year-old daughter with her." He lamented the events and assured that the City Council would make the services of the Women's Information Center and the Equality Center available to the victim's family. Several residents of this town held a minute of silence this Monday in memory of the murdered woman at the doors of the town hall at noon. "Moguer is today a town that feels attacked by a presumed murderer who has vilely struck us," the mayor stated on behalf of those gathered. If the gender-based nature of this crime is confirmed, it will bring the number of women killed by their partners or ex-partners this year in Spain to 34. 1,329 since statistics began being recorded, according to updated data from the government delegation for gender violence.