#NOOS : King's Son In Law Buys Himself Some Time.

A Spanish court said Saturday it had postponed the appearance of King Juan Carlos' son-in-law Inaki Urdangarin on accusations of corruption following legal representations.

The 43-year-old ex-Olympic handball player will now have to appear on February 25 instead of February 6, the court in Palma de Mallorca said.

It said judge Jose Castro Aragon, who is in charge of the case, had received a number of requests from lawyers, including Urdangarin's own, to put off the hearing to give them time to study the file.

Thursday's announcement by the judge that he had summoned Urdangarin took the case to a new level, formally making him a suspect in a huge embarrassment for the monarchy.

Castro Aragon is investigating corruption in a non-profit organisation, Instituto Noos, formerly run by Urdangarin, who has the title Duke of Palma and is married to the king's youngest daughter, Princess Cristina.

The duke's lawyer, Mario Pascual Vives, said his client was "absolutely innocent".

A court document seen by AFP says state prosecutors are investigating suspected forgery, perversion of the course of justice, fraud and embezzlement of public funds to the tune of several million euros.

On December 12, the royal family suspended the duke from official engagements and the palace's highest official, Rafael Spottorno, gave an unprecedented rebuke, telling Spanish media his behaviour "does not seem exemplary".

http://www.france24.com/en/20111231-spain-puts-off-corruption-hearing-kings-son-law?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

#Noos : The Duke Of Palma Fraud Scandal Leads All Newspaper Headlines Today

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_33204.shtml

#Noos: Spanish King's Son In Law Charged In Fraud Case

MADRID, Dec 29: The Spanish king`s son-in-law was charged on Thursday in a fraud and embezzlement case that has damaged the royal family, which this week took the unprecedented step of disclosing its income.

The Palma de Mallorca court did not specify the charges against Inaki Urdangarin, the Duke of Palma, a retired Olympic handball player married to King Juan Carlos`s younger daughter, Infanta Cristina.

It ordered him to testify in an investigation into alleged misuse of millions of euros in public funds at his non-profit Noos Institute, which he ran from 2004 to 2006.

Urdangarin has denied wrongdoing, but he apologised publicly this month for the embarrassment his legal problems were causing the royal family, which he said had nothing to do with his business affairs.

The investigation found evidence of misuse of public funds, forgery and fraud in 2003 to 2006, a period when Noos had income of 15 million euros ($19.4 million), according to local press reports.

They said Noos organised two tourism conferences for the Balearic Islands, charging 2.3 million euros, and channelled more than half of that money to companies owned by Urdangarin or his business partners, for items such as logistical support.

The same pattern was detected in sports summits staged in Valencia. The probe also found that Urdangarin`s companies were not able to justify the payments, the press reports said.

The royal family has `absolute respect` for court decisions, a spokesman said.

The case against the duke is one of several big fraud scandals in Spanish courts, most of them dating to thereal estate and urban development boom before the global financial crisis when local governments went on spending sprees.

Spain`s royals have distanced the duke from official events. He and his wife and four children moved in 2009 to Washington, where he represents Spanish telecoms group Telefonica.

In a display of transparency apparently prompted by the case, the royal family disclosed income details on Wednesday for the first time, showing that the king and his immediate family received 814,128 euros last year for personal expenses.

Most of their living expens-es, including housing, official travel, security, state dinners, utility bills, palace staff and transportation, are covered under other budgets, such as the foreign ministry, the interior ministry and the presidency.

A monthly opinion poll by the Social Research Centre, or CIS, shows that the historically high approval ratings for the royal family have fallen this year.

King Juan Carlos, 73, is liked and widely respected for overseeing the country`s tense transition to democracy following Francisco Franco`s nearly four-decadelong dictatorship. His son, Prince Felipe, is heir to the throne.-Reuters

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/30/spanish-kings-son-in-law-charged-in-fraud-case.html

#Noos: Judge Subpoenas Spanish King's Son In Law

A judge subpoenaed the Spanish king's son-in-law Thursday in a corruption case that has drawn increased scrutiny to the royal family.

Inaki Urdangarin, the Duke of Palma de Mallorca, must testify on February 6, a Spanish court said in a statement.

The case, widely reported in Spanish media for weeks, has fueled public criticism of the royal family. Thursday's statement from the Balearic Islands Superior Court of Justice formally named Urdangarin as a defendant, but did not specify charges against him.

According to media reports, authorities have been investigating whether a foundation headed by Urdangarin improperly used public funds.

Mario Pascual Vives, an attorney representing Urdangarin, told reporters Thursday that his client is "absolutely innocent."

Vives said Urdangarin, who lives in Washington, was on a skiing trip in the United States and had not spoken with him about the case since the court's announcement Thursday.

Urdangarin, a former Olympic handball player, married the Spanish king's youngest daughter in 1997.

The corruption allegations have brought increased scrutiny to the monarchy as Spain faces a nationwide economic crisis.

The court's announcement came a day after Spain's royal family publicly revealed its finances for the first time in an effort to boost public confidence and transparency.

An announcement by the royal palace that Urdangarin will not participate in official family activities during the investigation and remarks by King Juan Carlos in his Christmas Eve speech that "justice is equal for everyone" have deflected public criticisms of the royal family, according to Gerardo Correas of the International School of Protocol in Madrid.

A large round of applause greeted the king at an inauguration ceremony for the new legislature earlier this week, Correas said.

But many Spaniards were still buzzing over the political scandal -- with some asking whether other members of the royal family were connected to, or aware of, Urdangarin's business dealings.

"The debate continues in the street and will continue for a long time," Correas said.


http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/29/world/europe/spain-royal-scandal/

#Fraud : Spain's Royal Family Embroiled In Embezzlement Scandal

Controversy ... Inaki Urdangarin, with his wife Princess Cristina. Photo: Getty Images

The King of Spain's son-in-law has been summoned to testify in a widening fraud and embezzlement scandal that threatens to damage the credibility of the country's royal family.

Inaki Urdangarin, 43, a former Olympic athlete who carries the title Duke of Palma, will face court as part of an investigation into accusations that a non-profit organisation he ran was siphoning off funds from the regional government of the Balearic Islands.

The Noos Institute, which the duke ran from 2004 to 2006, is accused of misusing millions of euro in public funds. The case has made the front pages of Spanish newspapers for weeks, but a judge's decision to name Mr Urdangarin as a formal suspect took the scandal to a new level...read more


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/fraud-scandal-the-duke-the-tourism-conferences-and-the-29m-20111230-1pf54.html#ixzz1i0NSPJq5

Ruth And Jose: Focus Is Back On Missing Childrens Grandparents Finca

Police have begun a fresh search for the two siblings who disappeared from a Cordoba park on October 8.

The hunt is once more concentrating on their grandparents’ finca in Las Quemadillas.

Their investgation is now focusing on waste ground next to the country house, which has already been searched a number of times.

 

The children’s photos have also been published in the missing persons section of Interpol’s website .

 

Ruth Breton Ortiz, six, and her brother Jose, two, were last seen alive by their father, Jose Breton Gomez, 38.

 

Breton remains in prison as the main suspect.

His side of the story is that he lost sight of the siblings for a moment in a park in Cordoba, but there is no footage of him with the children and no witnesses saw him in the park with the youngsters.


http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2011/12/21/police-search-missing-childrens-grandparents-finca-once-more/

#Almeria #Anorexia Y Bulimia Anamia

#Almeria : British Fraudster #MP Margaret Moran Still Wanted In Spain For Intimidation Of Her Neighbors !

http://spaineldorado.blogspot.com/2011/09/mp-fraudster-margaret-moran-exposed-by.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/sep/19/ex-labour-mp-court-expenses?CMP=twt_gu

#Madrid #Huelva : #Censorship By The British Media ! A Documentray The Brits Are Forbidden To Watch - They Are No Longer Permitted To Think For Themselves

http://goncaloamaralbritishmediasmearcampaig.blogspot.com/2011/12/goncalo-amaral-truth-of-lie-english.html

#Andalucia :Isabel Pantoja To Stand Trial For Money laundering

With the singer on the accused bench will be her ex partner, the former Marbella Mayor, Julián Muñoz, and Muñoz's ex wife

The provincial court in Málaga has set the date for the money laundering trial against the former Mayor of Marbella, Julián Muñoz, and his two exes, the singer Isabel Pantoja and his ex wife, Maite Zaldívar. It starts on June 28 next year and is expected to extend into 2013.

The two women are charged with laundering funds for the ex Mayor and each face a possible three and a half years in prison. A fine of 2.6 million € has also been requested for Zaldívar.

Only two court sessions a week, on Thursdays and Fridays, have been set for the moment so as to not coincide with the sessions in the Malaya case, where Muñoz is also a suspect. He faces seven and a half years in prison in the money laundering case and fines of almost 7.5 million €.

The remaining seven suspects are the businessman José Miguel Villaroya, considered the right hand man to Muñoz and his wife, the businessman’s two children plus another member of the Villaroya family, Zaldívar’s brother Jesús, a former manager of a branch of Cajamar in Marbella and an ex stock broker.


Read more: http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_32998.shtml#ixzz1gPVT48b2

#Almeria #Nóos Institute Scandal : King Jaun Carlos Removes Duke Of Palma From His Official Duties

King Juan Carlos has separated himself from Iñaki Urdangarin, the Duke of Palma, with a statement from the palace saying that it does not seem as if the Duke had maintained an exemplary behaviour in the Nóos Institute scandal, and for that reason he will temporarily removed from all official acts. It has not been decided whether the Infanta Cristina will continue with her official engagements or not.

Read more: http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_32995.shtml#ixzz1gPUZWKyw

#Eurozone #Almeria :LIVE BLOG - Spanish Parliament Meets For First Time Since Election

UK inflation dips as Spanish parliament meets

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Mariano Rajoy, the People's party leader, acknowledges supporters in Madrid after winning Spain's general elections. Photograph: Reuters

10.00am: The Spanish debt auction seems to have gone well.

Spain raised €3.4bn in 12-month bills at a yield of just over 4%, a full 1% lower than last time out. The offer was covered three times over.
The €1.5bn of 18-month debt meanwhile was covered 5 times over, and attracted a yield of 4.22%, lower than the 5.16% last time out.

9.52am: The Times today has an interesting snippet on the EU negotiations over the new treaty.

If you have a subscription you can read it here.

The key paragraph says:

Britain looks likely to be joined by Sweden outside the new bloc, doubling the strength of the outer core against an inner 25.

9.47am: Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, is first off the mark (at least in terms of press releases sent to me) to comment on the UK inflation figure.

The much anticipated easing in UK inflation appears to be gaining traction. Inflation fell for the second month running in November, dropping from 5.0% in October to a three-month low of 4.8%. Supermarket prices wars, lower petrol costs, falling food prices and retailer discounts for winter clothing lines that struggled to sell in November's warm weather all contributed to the easing.
Despite the easing, however, the rate of inflation signals more pain for households in the coming months, as prices for goods and services continue to rise more than twice as fast as incomes. With inflation at 4.8% but employee pay growth at just 2.3% per annum, real incomes are still falling at a rate which will inevitably squeeze consumer spending in the lead up to Christmas and early next year.
With consumer spending accounting for around two-thirds of all spending in the UK economy, this will act as a substantial dampener on economic growth, and the combination of weak consumer spending with public sector spending cuts and falling demand for UK exports means there is a strong chance of the UK dipping back into recession as we move into 2012.
Looking further ahead, inflation is likely to fall sharply in the new year, which will reduce the squeeze on incomes and should help to lift economic growth later in the year. With last January's VAT rise falling out of the annual comparisons, and global food and energy price inflation dropping sharply, a marked fall in inflation to a rate of perhaps 3% could be seen as early as the end of the first quarter.
How far inflation falls later in 2012 remains a big uncertainty. The Bank of England is projecting the rate will drop to nearer 1.5% by the middle of next year, below the Bank's 2% target. That may be a little optimistic, given the steep rises in utility prices that have been pushed through by the energy companies in recent months. On the other hand, the recent steep downturn in survey measures of prices charged for goods and services by companies suggests that inflation has a long way to fall, and that deflationary pressures have grown considerably as the economic outlook at home and abroad has darkened. An inflation rate close to the Bank's target looks a reasonable forecast for mid-2012.

9.30am: Newsflash: November CPI is 4.8%, exactly in line with expectations.

9.12am: One thing worth keeping a close eye on is the Euro itself.

Mario Monti said last week that one of the things to note about the crisis was that the euro remained strong despite the debt issues.

Well it dipped against the dollar yesterday and is now trading at $1.3180 (one euro buying you that much in dollars, that is).
The euro was lower in October, so it isn't plumbing the depths yet.

8.54am: European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has said that Britain's demand for special treatment for financial services would have harmed the single market.

The United Kingdom, in exchange for giving its agreement, asked for a specific protocol on financial services which, as presented, was a risk to the integrity of the internal market. This made compromise impossible.

8.38am: Canaryatthewharf below the line asks about Commerzbank.

The German lender is said by Reuters to be in talks with the German government over further state aid.

Alread 25% owned by the state, it needs to find €5.3bn by mid-2012 to meet European Banking Authority capital rules.

The German finance ministry is saying only: "As a stakeholder in Commerzbank the government is in regular contact".

One to watch.

8.21am: The Dutch economy is already in recession, according to independent government agency the CPB.

It is forecasting the Dutch economy will contract by 0.5% in 2012.

8.06am: I mentioned the Italian bond yields earlier. They are rising again this morning, as the falls that preceded last week's summit are all unwound.

The yield on the ten-year bond is, according to Reuters, up 16 basis points on the day to 6.764. If we carry on at this rate we should reach 7% by mid-morning.

8.00am: The FTSE 100 has risen by 7 points, or by 0.1%, in early trading.

The French CAC is up by 0.1% and the German DAX by 0.2%

7.56am: Spain will be a key focus today, not only because its parliament is meeting for the first time since the election.

Credit Ratings Agency Moody's has also just put eight Spanish banks on review for possible downgrade.

The banks are: Banco Cooperativo, Banco Sabadell; Bankia and its holding company, Banco Financiero y de Ahorro (BFA); Bankinter, CaixaBank and its holding company, La Caixa; Confederacion Espanola de Cajas de Ahorro (CECA); Caja Rural de Granada; Ibercaja Banco; and Lico Leasing.

Because of the weaker expectations for Spanish growth, the banks' income will be smaller, Moody's said. In addition it sees "increased loss expectations with respect to their commercial real estate exposure".

Separately, Moody's has downgraded the subordinated debt of 21 Spanish financial institutions.

In addition, Spain is going to the debt markets today, just as yields on its debt are also rising. Spanish 10-year bonds are up 10 basis points this morning to 5.9%.

7.39am: Morning everyone and welcome back to our coverage of the eurozone debt crisis.

I know, it seems like we haven't really been away. My colleague Graeme Wearden was live blogging events until late last night.

One key event worth recapping from his coverage is the suggestion that German politicians want to have a vote on last week's summit deal. That suggests the politics of getting any inter-governmental treaty signed by 26 countries will be fiercely complicated.

In the UK, the coalition looked yesterday as if it would not bust apart as a result of Cameron's 'veto'. Patrick Wintour this morning has more on the recriminations in Whitehall.

Today the key item on the UK agenda is inflation figures at 9:30am - which could provide some relief for the coalition in the form of a distraction. The forecasts suggest CPI will be down a touch to 4.8%.

Elsewhere, the Spanish parliament meets again for the first time since new prime minister Mariano Rajoy was elected last month.

The most worrying thing from yesterday's events, perhaps, were the bond markets: with no sign of the ECB looking to deal with the debt issues afflicting much of the eurozone, Italian borrowing started to climb again. The ten-year bond yields were pegged back eventually to 6.6% yesterday.

The bad news? They're climbing again this morning.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/13/eurozone-crisis-inflation?CMP=twt_gu

#Torrevieja #Cordoba #Almeria : British Media Propaganda - Lies And Spin !

http://goncaloamaralbritishmediasmearcampaig.blogspot.com/

#Almeria #Andalucia :McCann Venom In Response To Dr.Gonçalo Amarals Interview

The VENOM of The McCanns :  http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16128127

http://steelmagnolia-steelmagnolia.blogspot.com/2011/12/mccann-propaganda-vs-dr-goncalo-amaral.html

McCann Court actions trying to silence free speech 

1.The libel case McCanns vs Gonçalo Amaral

2.The McCanns vs GA for allegedly violating the secrecy of justice when he published his book

3.Gonçalo Amaral vs McCanns and Isabel Duarte for not returning the books after the ban was overturned

4.The McCanns vs TVI, Hernâni Carvalho, Paulo Sargento and Manuel Luís Goucha for something they said on television.

5. Criminal Profiler Pat Brown Taking Legal Action Against McCanns


6. McCanns trying to imprison Tony Bennett


7. I am sure they will think of something ...

Censored By The British Press : Madeleine McCann Book Ban Overturned

Book written by detective who investigated disappearance claims parents hid their daughter’s body

BY Sophie Taylor LAST UPDATED AT 11:35 ON Wed 20 Oct 2010

A Portuguese court has overturned a ban on a book in which it is claimed that Madeleine McCann's body was hidden by her parents after she died on holiday.

Three-year-old Madeleine disappeared from her holiday apartment in the resort of Praia da Luz while her parents were dining with friends in May 2007. It was assumed the child was abducted and her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, believe she is still alive.

The book in question, Maddie: a Verdade da Mentira (Maddie: the Truth of the Lie), was written by Goncalo Amaral, the police inspector who led the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance from May until October 2007.

The book was published in July 2008, but the McCanns, who deny Amaral's assertions, took legal action and a year later a court banned sales of the book and forbade Amaral from repeating his claims about the McCanns. In February this year, the ban was upheld.

Now a judge has ruled that the ban on the book was a breach of "a constitutional and universal right: that of opinion and freedom of expression".


According to the court, "The contents of the book do not breach the basic rights of the plaintiffs."

In his book, Amaral claims that Madeleine died in a tragic accident and her parents then hid the body.

He also questioned why Gerry and Kate McCann had to employ a spokesman and said they were too close to British police.

After his court victory, Amaral told reporters: "The book is an exercise in freedom of speech.

Portuguese democracy has won, as banning the book was unconstitutional."

A defamation case brought by the McCanns against Amaral continues. 

#Andalucia #Almeria :McCann Propaganda vs Dr. Gonçalo Amaral And The Fight For Justice And Truth !

“Justice works in Silence”

His life has been ripped apart since he led the police investigation into the Millennium’s greatest mystery, and came into legal confrontation with Kate and Gerry McCann. Gonçalo Amaral has lost his family, his business, his assets and the income from his controversial book that states all the reasons why he believes three-year-old Madeleine McCann died in apartment 5A in Praia da Luz back in May of 2007.

Now, four-and-a-half years down the line, he faces another hurdle: a trial for defamation of the McCanns – due to start in Lisbon in February – in which the couple are claiming 1.2 million euros in damages. Does he think he can win? “Of course”, he says. This is the man whose maxim is “justice works in silence”. He still believes the case of the world’s most famous missing person will be solved. And he told Algarve123 what he thinks is needed to get there…

You wouldn’t miss him in a crowd. Gonçalo Amaral, 52, is strikingly tall with a penchant for hats. He was wearing a long black coat, a black fedora and a bright red scarf when we met him on the terrace of Casa Inglesa in Portimão. He looked much more like an intellectual than a former police officer, but these days his life is spent largely writing - an activity he’s come to love as much as the police work that used to fill his days.

Our first question: “How’s life?” elicited the reply “Bad!” so any further niceties went by the board.

What Amaral has always maintained is that the McCanns’ zeal for litigation “will not bring their daughter back”. He claims various legal suits against him, and a number of other Portuguese public figures who have verbalised “anti-McCann-story” sentiments, are totally out of keeping with the Catholic faith so fervently embraced by Madeleine’s mother Kate.

“Is it Catholic to hold sentiments of vengeance? To seek to destroy a family as mine has been destroyed?” he asks.

“This litigation will carry a heavy price – but I have faith that the mystery will be resolved. “Even if I “disappear” in the process - as Kate McCann has written that she wishes I would in her book - I have a daughter and lots of friends who will make sure justice is done”.

It may sound theatrical - but Amaral is not about theatre.

He is about truth – hard facts, solid investigative work.

“The case has to be re-opened, and I have faith that it will be,” he said. “It will either be when this current “procurador” leaves, or when the current chief of police leaves. It’s not something I am pushing for - even if I could - it’s just something I feel certain will happen.

And when it does, the first, most essential thing to be done will be a reconstruction of that very first night – the night Madeleine disappeared.

Because that’s what happened: she literally disappeared!

The reconstruction will have to involve all the parties: the McCanns and their friends. You see, there are so many inconsistencies in these people’s statements that a reconstruction will very quickly highlight where they have not told the truth”.

An example of the power of reconstructions came only weeks ago in Spain where a father claimed his two children were abducted from a park.

A police reconstruction quickly proved that the father had never taken his children to the park: witnesses who had seen him arrive in his car but hadn’t noticed the children in the back seat, were surprised to discover that in the reconstruction the child-sized dummies in the back were clearly visible. The children’s father is now in jail – although the children are still missing.

Amaral explained that when Madeleine disappeared police didn’t organise a reconstruction in Praia da Luz “because there were so many journalists on the ground” – and once the heat had died down, “the McCanns refused.

They said any reconstruction should be made by actors – but the whole reason for reconstructions is to use the people involved, and see where their stories don’t add up!”

Going back to that first night is logical: the initial 48-hours after any disappearance are crucial. They can literally mean the difference between life and death – but in Madeleine’s case, Amaral is convinced of the latter.

The theory that has led to his prosecution by the McCanns for defamation is clearly set out in his book “A Verdade de Mentira” (The Truth of the Lie) – banned from sale in 2009, and then “released” by the Appeals Court a year later.

We say “released” because the books were actually never returned to publishers Guerra & Paz, and thus they and Amaral have had nothing to sell…

“It’s another part of the whole plot to assassinate my civil position,” Amaral says matter-of-factly. “I’ve been left with no chances; no way of paying my debts; liens on my property. I’ve had to move away from my family in order to protect them. My marriage, well, it’s not so good. Not good at all, really. My life seems to be all about divorce…”

So how does he find the strength to move forwards?

“Well, I put the McCanns in a metaphorical box and I am not really thinking too much about the trial in February.

I think I will win, and then they will appeal – but I have to have a path.

I want to open another consultancy. I had one when I left the police force, but that was destroyed when the McCanns went after me over “A Verdade de Mentira”.

So that’s one thing - and the other is writing. I have recently brought out a new book: “Vidas sem Defesa” about missing children cases in Portugal, and I have another one almost ready (I am not going to tell you what it is about!). After that, I would like to take police “mysteries” and study them and write stories, not novels; stories based on facts to show what I believe really happened. There’s a real lack of books of this type.”

So he’s not angry over the agonies and frustrations he’s endured from what came from essentially doing his job?

“I have my anger well-guarded. No feelings for revenge. Like I say, they will pay for what they have done to me and my family – but through the courts. Even after everything that has happened, I still have faith in the Portuguese justice system”.

And does he have any clues as to what catapulted the Madeleine case into the stratosphere of media attention?

Why did the McCanns receive so much help from the British authorities right from the very beginning?

And why were they and the so-called Tapas 7 never taken to task for child neglect – considering that they all left their children alone at night during the ill-fated holiday?

“Ah, now there we’re getting into politics – and quite honestly, those are questions for the British public to ask.

I don’t have to have theories about them.

My job was to find Madeleine”.

A job handed to him nearly five years ago – and one that he will never forget.

http://www.algarve123.com/en/Articles/2-1403/

FOI's ON MCCANNS FROM LEICESTER POLICE

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/86682/response/220159/attach/html/4/0001%2000221411%20Resp%2013MADELINE%20MCCANN%20REQUESTS%2001.DOC.doc.html

http://www.algarve123.com/pt/Artigos/2-1403/%E2%80%9CA_justica_realiza-se_em_silencio%E2%80%9D#comments


The family referred to in above article

Police have arrested the father of the two children, eight-year-old Ruth and two-year-old José Breton Ortiz, whom he reported missing on the evening of Saturday, October 8th, telling police he had lost them in the Cruz Conde Park in Cordoba. However, CCTV footage shows the father entering the park but there is no sign of the children. They had travelled alone from Huelva where their mother lives and were supposed to have met their father earlier that day. Police searched properties belonging to the father's parents in Cordoba as well as the Guadalquivir river but found nothing. A police source said the father was arrested because of contradictions in his version of the event and may face a charge of homicide. Police returned with him on Tuesday to his parent's finca outside Cordoba, which they had already searched on Sunday. The mother, Ruth, who was too grief-stricken to attend a march of more than 1,000 people in Huelva, sent a letter that was read to her supporters by a family spokesperson. In it she said, among other things: “I am capable of forgetting if I see their faces again.” The family apparently believes that the father may have kidnapped the children to make their mother suffer for leaving him two months ago.

#CaboRoig : Avril Flanagan Tortured And Mutilated Before Finally Bleeding To Death

More distressing evidence has come to light about the death of 20 year old Avril Flanagan, who was brutally murdered by her boyfriend in May, 2009.

Prosecutors are asking the court for a 20 year prison sentence for Alan Daulby, whom it is believed Avril had split from just prior to the murder, due to the manner in which he took the life of the popular, well liked Avril.

Evidence is now stating that Avril had suffered 53 stab wounds to her body, of which only 8 had penetrated her skin, resulting in her death.

 It is therefore thought that she was tortured before her death and that she would have been in considerable pain before finally bleeding to death.

This week, in response to the news, Gerry Flanagan, her father said, “All I want now is a quick trial and justice so I can continue to try to get on with the rest of my life… I'm not looking for revenge, just justice. This wasn't just a murder, the person who killed my daughter mutilated her”.

Avril Flanagan, originally from Swords in Co Dublin, had moved to Spain with her parents, Gerry and Barbara. The came to Spain and ran a successful bar in Cabo Roig.

It is believed that Avril had visited the home of Alan Daulby on the day of the murder, in order for her to ask him to stop “pestering” her, after she broke off the relationship.

Dauby fled the scene and attempted to evade capture, but was caught after a police chase. He was subsequently arrested but has maintained a silence ever since, refusing to answer any questions relating to the incident.

http://www.theleader.info/article/31851/spain/national/prosecution-present-distressing-evidence-in-avril-flanagan-murder/

#RuiPedro :A dor de Filomena

Não se fica indiferente ao olhar desta mulher. A expressão, marcada por um sofrimento imenso, carrega o peso do mundo, o mesmo mundo que para ela desabou no dia em que o filho desapareceu. Passaram 13 anos, e a dor, difícil de conceber, teima em não dar tréguas.

Filomena, a mãe de Rui Pedro, recusa a palavra derrota. Acredita que o filho está vivo e que um dia voltará para junto de si. E é essa esperança que a faz erguer todos os dias. "Só quero o meu filho", desabafou durante o debate instrutório do processo que agora chega a tribunal. Implora por uma resposta e não tem dúvida que trocava uma possível condenação do suspeito de rapto pela descoberta da verdade.

O pesadelo começou em 4 de Março de 1998. Nesse dia, Filomena abraçou pela última vez Rui Pedro, então com 11 anos. Desde aí, a angústia tornou-se sua companheira. Mas nada lhe rouba a fé. Tem a certeza que é o ‘seu’ Rui aquele rapaz que aparece em fotografias divulgadas após uma operação internacional de combate à pedofilia e em Paris, num parque de diversões.

Meras suposições para as polícias, mas uma segura bóia de salvação à qual Filomena se agarra com todas as forças.

Não se consegue ficar indiferente ao olhar desta mulher.

http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/opiniao/paulo-fonte/a-dor-de-filomena

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3479dmprt.html

#Madrid : Real Madrid Explains Signing Of 7 Year Old Soccer Prodigy

Monday’s big story in the sports world was Real Madrid’s signing of Argentinian 7-year-old soccer prodigy Leonel Angel Coira, aka Leo. The boy will not be paid but will start training with the Spanish club’s youth team in Madrid next month (the family moved to Spain three years ago). “[My] dream is to meet [Lionel] Messi, play in the first division with Madrid and for Argentina in the World Cup,” Coira told the Spanish newspaper ABC.

While the signing of such a young child made headlines around the world, a Real Madrid spokesman insisted the team has signed younger players in the past. “They only have to be a standout,” Juan Tapiador said. “We look for something different, that quality or talent that makes them stand out from the rest.”

Here are a couple of highlights of the player.








http://leeinks.weei.com/sports/2011/08/09/tuesdays-morning-mashup-real-madrid-explains-signing-of-7-year-old-soccer-prodigy

#Spain : Domestic Violence In Spain

http://domesticviolence-steelmagnolia.blogspot.com/2011/11/spain-domestic-violence-in-spain.html

#Aguagest #Orihuela : Warning:- Letters have been received by residents of Orihuela Costa....

Warning:- Letters have been received by residents of Orihuela Costa offering insurance for water breaks and leaks purporting to have been sent by Aquagest or with their permission.

A check has been made with the office of Aquagest at the Ayuntamiento of Orihuela Costa with the reply that Aquagest know nothing of  these letters and do not offer insurance products. As a telephone number was given in the letter an enquiry has been made to this number. This was the office a firm called Seguragua in Madrid who would appear to specialize in such insurance products. The caller was asked to give bank details over the phone so that a policy could be set up.

Advice:- It would appear that this is a legitimate company as it has a website on the internet. However, details of bank accounts, etc should never be given over the phone. Also, house or apartment blocks should have building damage and repair including water damage covered by their own Building insurance.

http://www.theleader.info/article/31399/spain/costa-blanca/warning-aquagest-and-seguragua/

#Spain : Ruth and Jóse STILL Missing

http://learnfreespanishonline.blogspot.com/2011/11/ruth-and-jose-missing.html

#Andalusia : Ruth And Jòse Missing One Month To The Day.

Today marks a month exactly since the Her dad of six-year-old Ruth and two-year-old José reported their disappearance from a park in Córdoba, during which time police searches and investigation have not managed to find a unmarried trace of the youngsters.

According to their Her dad, José Bretón, Ruth and José disappeared on the afternoon of October 8th from the Cruz Conde park in C´rodoba, where they had gone with their Her dad and other relatives to play for a couple of hours.

The day before, Bretón, with the permission of the children's mother, Ruth Ruiz, had picked his children up from their home in Huelva, and taken them to Córdoba to visit his family.

According to the paternal family, the two children spent Friday night with their grandparents in their house in the Viñuela district of the city and were collected the next day by their Her dad.

Bretón took his children to another house belonging to his parents in 'Las Quemadillas', where they had lunch and made a bonfire so he could burn mementos of the children's mother, from whom he is currently in the process of separating.

Later, they allegedly went to the Cruz Conde park, where they had arranged to meet Bretón's sister and her children, although Bretón had already missing Ruth and José when their aunt and cousins arrived.

Their Her dad reported the missing to the police at 18.40 hours, saying that he had missing sight of them when he "popped to the automobile for a moment", although he later changed this version of events, saying they went missing whilst he was sitting on a park bench.

Three witnesses said they had seen Bretón searching frantically in the park for his kids. A huge search was launched and posters were distributed, with the police not discounting any hypothesis.

The poroperty at 'Las Quemadillas' was searched on October 10th and on a number of subsequent days, as was the nearby Guadalquivir river and the grandparents' municipality house, but no trace has been found of the children.

On October 18th. Bretón was arrested and the 'Las Quemadillas' property was searched again, this time with georadar equipment, but still no trace of the children was found.
On October 21st, Bretón was remanded in custody, charged with "the unlawful detention and disappearance of minors" and "simulating a crime".

Bretón's lawyer, José María Sánchez de Puerta, has appealed for his client's release from prison, but the request was turned down by the Provincial Courts.

Bretón was brought out of prison on November 3rd and 4th to accompany police in further searches of the 'Las Quemadillas' property, where floors were lifted and ceilings removed.

Today, a month after the children's disappearance, rallies are being held in all the provincial capitals across Andalusia, A Coruña and Madrid to keep them in the public's mind and mass is even being heard in Ciudad Pereira (Colombia) to pray for the children's well-being.

http://www.thereader.es/spain-news-stories/7348-Ruth-and-Jose-now-missing-for-a-month.html

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ruth-y-Jos%C3%A9-Desaparecidos/181203445291812?sk=info

Bartolome - Samba Pa Ti - Linda y Bibi xxxx

Recorded In Zagreb - Croatia October 18th, 1989.

#Córdoba : Breton Did Not Threaten Ruth And Jose's Mother Says Lawyer

THE lawyer of Jose Breton Gomez, who is being held in relation to the disappearance of his two children in a Cordoba park on October 8, has criticised the motives behind his client’s detention.

Jose Maria Sanchez de Puerta denied suggestions that his client told his wife she would not see their children again if she separated from him.

According to Sanchez, Breton simply said he would fight for the custody of Ruth Breton Ortiz, six, and her brother Jose, two, after their break-up...read more

http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2011/10/28/breton-did-not-threaten-ruth-and-joses-mother-says-lawyer/

#Córdoba :La CEP pide "respeto" para los agentes que buscan a los dos niños de Córdoba

El secretario general de la Confederación Española de Policía (CEP) en Andalucía Occidental, Fernando Calderón Muñoz, ha solicitado este sábado "respeto" para todos los policías que están participando en la búsqueda de los dos menores desaparecidos el pasado 8 de octubre en Córdoba, y ha confiado en que los pequeños aparezcan finalmente con vida.

   En un comunicado de prensa, Calderón, asimismo, ha pedido "mesura" en sus declaraciones a José María Sánchez de Puerta, abogado defensor del padre de los hermanos de dos y seis años de edad, José Bretón, y le ha recordado que él "no dirige la investigación del suceso", ya que "cualquier acto que los policías encargados del caso llevan a cabo está visado por los órganos judiciales que entienden de la causa que se sigue contra su cliente".

   Ha incidido en el hecho de que son los jueces y fiscales "los únicos que  tienen la potestad de dar por zanjada de manera definitiva la labor de investigación judicial y policial en la finca de Las Quemadillas", y ha dicho sospechar que la línea estratégica del letrado "pudiera basarse en una hoja de ruta bien definida y sustentada" con la que "busca desviar la presión social que sobre su cliente aumenta cada día que pasa sin la localización de los niños desaparecidos".

   Al hilo, ha puesto como ejemplo de esta "estrategia" la rueda de prensa ofrecida por el letrado, "donde unas supuestas declaraciones suyas al amparo de que fueron previamente publicitadas por los medios de prensa hizo que la familia materna de los niños amenazara con posibles acciones legales".

   El representante de la CEP ha puesto de manifiesto que, "en este tipo de investigaciones tan complejas, los equipos multidisciplinares de la Policía no solo se dedican a una única hipótesis de trabajo, sino que activan distintas líneas paralelas a la misma vez, donde caben todas las probabilidades posible, entre ellas la más deseada por cualquier ser humano que se precie de serlo, que no es otra que los niños aparezcan vivos en cualquier lugar".

   Así, y aunque respeta "cualquier estrategia en la defensa de los intereses de un imputado", ha pedido "respeto y consideración" a la labor de decenas de policías "que cada día" buscan a los pequeños, por lo que ha solicitado "que nadie ponga en duda el ahínco, las fuerzas y ánimo de estos agentes, que cada día comienzan su trabajo con la esperanza de saciar las expectativas de todos los afectados por este triste caso", especialmente con la localización de una vez por todas y "cueste lo que cueste" de Ruth y José.

http://www.europapress.es/sociedad/noticia-cep-pide-respeto-agentes-buscan-dos-ninos-cordoba-20111105174136.html

#Alicante :#Ryanair PR Stunt

As the dilemma of Ryanair continues, many industry experts have stated that their withdrawal from Alicante will not have any real detriment, and it is nothing more than a publicity stunt that the airline has become famed for, and that they had every intention of withdrawing the quota of aircraft that they did, irrespective of the claims made that their campaign was about questioning why the Alicante airport management company, AENA, were trying to force them to use covered walkways to the terminal building.

Ryanair are insistent that their only claim is that the use of covered walkways would slow down their turnaround at the airport, an issue that doesn´t affect any other airline. They have not considered the impact of those with mobility issues and claim that their case is about price and nothing else. They conducted dubious surveys that gave them the answers to their questions that they wanted, and they insisted that the airport gives them “all or nothing”.

However, safety played a big part in the decision made by the airport, as well as that of passenger safety.

Walking directly from the aircraft door to the terminal must be safer than having to walk on the apron, in front of engines that revolve at such a fast rate, vehicles that move around trying to deliver baggage and fuel as well as food to the aircraft, and we ought to perhaps consider the potential risk of “threatening” passengers being allowed to wander around the airport unchecked.

The impact of “9/11” and other aircraft based attacks and threats cannot be ignored, can they?...read more

http://www.theleader.info/article/31295/spain/costa-blanca/alicante-airport-from-another-viewpoint/

#Almeria : Girls Forced Into Prostitution By Voodoo ....

National Police agents have broken up an organization dedicated to the sexual exploitation of Nigerian women in Almeria.

Girls were forced into prostitution by threats, which included alleged practices of voodoo or abduction of family members. Ten people have been arrested in the Andalusian village of Roquetas de Mar in a raid in which seizures also included 20,000 euros in cash, a large number of passports of women from sub-Saharan origin and documentation relating to their criminal activity on the site of the Yegua Verde.

The investigation began in late 2010 when police discovered the existence of a group of victims who had all been sexually exploited by the organization.

The network, now dismantled, had been bringing women from Nigeria since 2005 and then the introducing them illegally into Spain before forcing them into prostitution.

The organization, members of which were all Nigerian nationals, recruited women in various towns in Nigeria.

The recruitment was carried out by relatives of the leaders of the organization. They also formed an association to attract women, called "The Nigerian Women’s Progressive Movement", through which they had even applied for grants from the Junta de Andalucía, although this was not granted....read more

http://www.theleader.info/article/31333/spain/costa-de-almeria/girls-forced-into-prostitution-by-voodoo/