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Prosecutor is also calling for a 36 year ban from pubic office for the ex Municipal Real Estate Assessor in MarbellaThe prosecutor has called for a 24 year prison sentence, a 36 year ban from public office, and an 810 million € fine for Juan Antonio Roca, the ex Municipal Real Estate Assessor in Marbella Town Hall, for his alleged role at the centre of the Malaya corruption case.He is accused of continual money laundering, fraud, passive bribery...
PR-USA.net - June 2010 Property Market Report for Costa del Sol: "Probably the area where most deals are being done right now at property sales under €200,000 because this is where the best value is, The exception to the rule is the self confessed capital La Cala de Mijas where prices have held up that much more which is understandable if you have ever been to the area La Cala easily stands out as the best place to live along this part of the coast...
26 year old has not been named in reportsA 26 year old man, reported to be British, has died after being shot while on a street terrace, from a passing large cylinder motorbike carrying two riders in Mijas. The victim has not yet been named.Diario de Sevilla reports that it happened...
SICKENED holidaymakers watched as boozy Spaniards tortured a young bull to death at a carnival.They kicked and punched the helpless animal in Alhaurin el Grande on the Costa del Sol.Ex-pat Colin Davies, 54, from Glasgow, said: "It was outrageous.They had been out drinking most of the day then converged on the ring."Drunken morons jumped hoardings and began goading one bull, before it descended into chaos and the animal was attacked."Government officials...
Gored Spanish bullfighter remains in intensive care < Spanish news | Expatica Spain: "Top Spanish matador Julio Aparicio remains in intensive care a week after he was gored through the throat during a bullfight, the hospital which is treating him said Saturday.The 41-year-old was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition on May 21 after the half-ton bull jabbed one of its horns through Aparicio's chin and back out of his mouth at Madrid's...
