Four years in prison requested for a man accused of defrauding a Lanzarote company of 55,000 euros
The accused, along with another investigated individual whose whereabouts are unknown, sent an email to the commercial entity demanding payment of a debt
Michael Valdivia
Man convicted of murder in Lanzarote gets 12 more years in prison for kidnapping
The convicted man, already sentenced to 29 years for the murder of Juan Carlos Tejera in 2015, accepts another 12 after kidnapping and assaulting a jeweler's daughter to rob his business in Tenerife
EFE
The Supreme Court annuls the entire Yaiza general plan for the third time
The Yaiza City Council and two companies advocated for a partial suspension, not a total one
EFEMan faces over 24 years in prison for beating his mother-in-law to death with a hammer in the Canary Islands
The man allegedly broke into his mother-in-law's home, where he lived as a neighbor, to try to steal 22,000 euros from an inheritance
lavozdelanzaroteThe main suspect in the prostitution of women in Lanzarote denies her involvement: "I earn 1,200 euros a month"
The Prosecutor's Office does not believe the testimonies of the five defendants, despite the lawyer for the main defendant assuring that he had confused "marginality with criminality"
EFE
Jury convicts Manuel Esteban Montero for stabbing murder in southern Lanzarote
On the terrace of this establishment was the victim, with whom he had had a prior argument and whom he accused of having stolen his mobile phone
The Prosecutor's Office requests 13 years in prison for the self-confessed perpetrator of the stabbing of a man in Playa Blanca
During the trial, the experts indicated that it was the second stab wound that ended the victim's life, piercing his heart and causing him to lose up to two liters of blood
Sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to smuggle drugs into the Canary Islands hidden in butane gas cylinders
The seized substances would have reached a total value of 213,162 euros on the illicit market
EFEVoodoo, beatings, and extortion: a trafficking victim accuses a network of forcing her into prostitution in Lanzarote
A protected witness, who was captured in Nigeria, recounts that they made her eat a chicken heart and demanded she pay a debt of 55,000 euros
EFE
Fake landlord faces three years in jail for defrauding a woman: a rental in exchange for a motorcycle
The Prosecutor's Office assures that the potential tenant took out two loans to pay for a high-end motorcycle and mobile phone with the promise that the alleged scammer would rent her his home in the Canary Islands
EFE
He admits to stabbing a man for stealing his mobile phone in Lanzarote
The first session of the trial was held on Monday morning after the accused showed a willingness to admit the facts
LaProvincia
Precautionary detention for one of the four arrested for the latest brawl in Arrecife
The injured man had to undergo surgery at the José Molina Orosa Hospital to remove the bladed weapon. The victim remained in the ICU observation area
lavozdelanzaroteThe Provincial Court tries a defendant accused of stabbing a man to death after an argument in Lanzarote
The argument between the two began over the theft of a mobile phone days earlier. The Prosecutor's Office is seeking thirteen years in prison and 65,000 euros in compensation for the accused
Andrea Domínguez Torres
The Prosecutor's Office proposes opening new modules in the prisons of Lanzarote and Gran Canaria: "It would be desirable"
Tahíche prison, in Teguise, held a total of 454 inmates throughout 2024, 4.3% more than a year ago
Andrea Domínguez TorresA court in the Canary Islands will investigate a suspected child abduction as vicarious violence
The Violence Against Women Court of Las Palmas declares itself competent to investigate proceedings against a man who took his daughter to Malaga for five months without the mother's consent
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The Prosecutor's Office seeks sentences of up to eight years in prison for drug trafficking between Leganés and Lanzarote
The Prosecutor's Office points out that on January 12, 2018, a Ryanair plane from Madrid arrived at Lanzarote Airport carrying two people with 100,000 euros worth of cocaine
Andrea Domínguez TorresThe Prosecutor's Office requests fifteen years in prison for raping a child, the son of his stepmother, in Lanzarote
The accused has been in provisional detention for this case since February 15, 2024
Andrea Domínguez TorresThe Prosecutor's Office seeks up to nine years in prison for charging migrant individuals to leave Lanzarote
The accused allegedly housed those interested in continuing their migratory route in their homes and, after charging their families, obtained tickets for them to the peninsula
Andrea Domínguez Torres
8 years in prison requested for a Playa Blanca hotel worker accused of raping a tourist
The Prosecutor's Office accuses the employee of forcibly assaulting the victim in the swimming pool bar bathroom of the hotel and also requests restraining orders and surveillance
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The Court tries six pimps for recruiting and prostituting young Nigerian women in Lanzarote
The debt that the trafficked women incurred with the organization amounted to 55,000 euros, which they had to pay off by prostituting themselves in Puerto del Carmen, Madrid, or Vitoria
Andrea Domínguez TorresA woman accused of murdering her partner had previously asked a civil guard what would happen if she killed someone
The accused's family defends that she maintained a parallel relationship with the murdered man and the other accused, that the former mistreated her and supplied her with drugs, and that the latter was "very, very jealous"
EFE
The Prosecutor's Office seeks sentences of up to eight years in prison for introducing drugs from a beach in Órzola
This case will be tried for the second time after it was postponed in May of this year due to a lack of agreement between the prosecution and the defense
Andrea Domínguez Torres
Sentences reduced for the crew of the ship with three tons of cocaine near Lanzarote
The National High Court reduces prison sentences requested for ten crew members from 11 to 9 years, as it was not proven that they were part of an international criminal organization
EFEBarceló Hotels ordered to pay 400,000 euros for unilaterally modifying a contract in Lanzarote
A court in Arrecife rules against the hotel group for reducing payments to the Sevillian company Alterna during the pandemic without agreement, considering that there was no valid modification of the maintenance contract
EFEThe High Court of Justice of Catalonia annuls a sentence that acquitted a man of sexual assault against his ex-partner
The current legislation makes it impossible to convict a defendant who is acquitted in the first instance or to aggravate their sentence
EFE
General Vázquez Jarava and Lanzarote businessman 'Mon' to stand trial for the 'barracks case'
The judge sees indications of bribery for alleged gifts and irregular awarding of works in several commands, including that of Tenerife
EFE
The Provincial Court tries six defendants for drug trafficking between Gran Canaria and Lanzarote
The Prosecutor's Office accuses them of forming a criminal group dedicated to introducing heroin and cocaine into the Canary Islands and then distributing it in Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote
Andrea Domínguez TorresHe confesses to threatening a minor from Lanzarote with disseminating an intimate video if they did not have sex
The accused faces a six-month prison sentence after admitting to coercing a teenager on Instagram
Andrea Domínguez Torres
A young man faces thirteen and a half years in prison for forcing and raping a minor in Yaiza
The minor suffered several injuries to her collarbone and face. This was compounded by a period of anxiety lasting several weeks
Andrea Domínguez Torres
Operation Incubus: A new plot of sexual violence against minors in foster care explodes in the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands Police and the Court for Violence against Children and Adolescents are investigating a network that recruited dozens of vulnerable minors to sexually exploit them and induce them into prostitution
Andrea Domínguez TorresThe TSJC [Superior Court of Justice of Canarias] describes the lack of data protection for victims of gender violence as "critical"
The Governing Chamber requests the General Directorate to adopt the necessary measures to encrypt "end-to-end" sensitive information from secret summaries, audiovisual material of minors, victims of sexual crimes, or protected witnesses
lavozdelanzaroteA young man in the Canary Islands is acquitted of sexually assaulting a minor because his mental age was equivalent to 17 years
The acquittal is also based on the contradictions in the versions offered by the girl to the court and different accounts she gave during the legal proceedings and to the witnesses
EFE
The Audiencia ratifies 14 months of confinement for a young man who assaulted his mother and the Civil Guard
The young man began to punch his mother to the point that she had to be treated at a health center
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Supreme Court gives Government 15 days to assume responsibility for sheltering underage asylum seekers in the Canary Islands
The High Court issues its third warning to the Executive Branch for the "inadmissible" delay in complying with the order issued in March and demands urgent measures to address the overcrowding of migrant minors
EFE
A Court declares the ruling ordering the review of the water contract in Lanzarote to be executed
That ruling ordered the island water authority to open a procedure to review the awarding of the contract to determine whether or not it should be annulled
EFE85-Year-Old Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Abusing His Two Granddaughters in the Canary Islands
The Provincial Court of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has sentenced an 85-year-old man to 14 years in prison and ordered him to pay €60,000 in compensation for sexually abusing his two granddaughters, both minors.
EFE
The Prosecutor's Office reduces the sentence for the former auditor of Arrecife to one year in prison and maintains those of the rest
The City Council's lawyer assures that this is not an isolated case and that "in Arrecife, it seems that a culture of impunity has taken hold."
The Supreme Court rejects the appeal of a convicted man who justified assaulting his partner because he was drunk
The man went to a nightclub, which his ex-partner frequented, and attacked her with a knife after finding her in the company of another man.
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Ferrer denies defrauding the Arrecife City Council in the Montecarlo case
The owner of Tunera Producciones claims that he split the invoices to meet payroll obligations and that he acted transparently, while several former councilors and technicians support the legality of the services provided.
EFE
Disciplinary proceedings opened against Judge Eloy Velasco for calling Irene Montero a "Mercadona cashier"
The General Council of the Judiciary has made this decision despite the Prosecutor considering that these statements "lack disciplinary relevance because they were made in a debate forum."
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The man arrested in Arrecife for setting fire to two cars and assaulting his wife has been imprisoned.
Following the relevant investigations, it was determined that the events were directly related to a series of crimes involving gender violence, with the perpetrator being located one hour after the events.
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The TSJC recognizes roadside workers of the Cabildo de Lanzarote as permanent staff
Specifically, they explain that what they were requesting was "equal working conditions with the staff of the Island Council."
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The Arrecife Intervention processed invoices with a manual stamp, in a separate registry Arrecife
A technician admits that parallel records were kept, tamper-evident seals were used, and signatures were unidentified
EFE
Grave Irregularities Reported in Lanzarote Firefighter Exams
The ruling by the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands exposes a series of practices that violate the equality of opportunity among candidates and the quality of public service offered by personnel, following a complaint from a firefighter.
La Provincia
The TSJC (High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands) Orders the Removal of Marine Cages Located in Southern Lanzarote
The PSOE has recalled that this action "was carried out by the Cabildo during the Presidency of María Dolores Corujo, who in 2023 declared the marine cages installed in a prohibited area of the south of the island to be definitively removed."
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The treasurer of Arrecife says he was pressured to pay invoices without respecting the order.
The treasurer has stated that the Department of Finance sent him a list of invoices, but no one certified that those were all the outstanding invoices, because he had to pay the oldest ones first.
EFE
Former auditor of the Arrecife City Council admits to the facts "with reservations"
This Monday saw the first session of the last piece of the so-called 'Monte Carlo case,' which concerns invoices that were recognized and paid to the company Tunera.
EFEProsecution requests four-year prison sentence for defendant accused of drug trafficking in Arrecife.
The Public Prosecutor's Office is also requesting a fine of 4,500 euros for J.F.H.M., after cocaine and cannabis resin were found in a home on Avenida Mancomunidad.
lavozdelanzaroteSentenced for refusing to leave his decorator's house over an unpaid debt in the Canary Islands
According to the ruling, the defendant went to the decorator's house to demand the return of some money, and when she refused, the man refused to leave the residence.
EFE
The four arrested for the brawl last Saturday in Arrecife are free
The fight, which took place in the early hours of the morning in Luis Fajardo Ferrer street, left several people injured who received medical assistance, although none of them were serious.
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