December 13, 2019 British woman survives 6-hour cardiac arrest after getting caught in Spain snowstorm A British woman was revived after her heart stopped for six hours in what doctors in Spain called an “exceptional case on a global scale.”
November 26, 2019 Spanish police seize 6,000 pounds of cocaine during first-ever 'narco-submarine' capture, reports say Spanish police have seized more than 6,000 pounds of cocaine from what is believed to be the first-ever “narco-submarine” caught trying to enter European waters, reports say.
November 22, 2019 Ex-Barcelona soccer star Eric Abidal denies he received trafficked liver during organ transplant Former soccer great Eric Abidal denied in court Friday that he illegally received a liver donation and vowed that the transplant process was rightfully done.
November 22, 2019 African teens found hiding behind dashboard, under car seats attempting to enter Spanish enclave Two teenage migrants from Africa were found by Spanish authorities crammed inside the dashboard and under the back seat of a Hyundai station wagon attempting to cross from Morocco.
November 14, 2019 Venezuela's ex-spy chief disappears on eve of extradition to US Venezuela’s former spy chief has disappeared in Spain after a high court agreed to extradite him to the United States where he faces federal drug-trafficking charges.
November 13, 2019 Catalan protesters storm Spain highway, snarling traffic and burning barricades Hundreds of Catalan separatist protesters used tree limbs and metal guard rails to construct a series of large barricades on a major highway in northeastern Spain on Wednesday, snarling traffic for hours.
November 13, 2019 Ex-Venezuelan spy chief wanted by US is missing, Spanish police say Spanish police said Wednesday they have been unable to locate a Venezuelan former spymaster wanted by the United States for extradition on charges of drug trafficking.
November 10, 2019 Spain's Socialists win national election; right-wing Vox Party surges Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's Socialists won Spain's national election on Sunday but large gains by the upstart far-right Vox party appear certain to widen the political deadlock in the European Union's fifth-largest economy.
November 8, 2019 Spanish court agrees to extradite Venezuelan ex-spy chief to US: report Spain’s High Court has reversed its previous decision and agreed to arrest and extradite Venezuela’s ex-intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal to the United States, where he is wanted on drug trafficking charges, EFE news agency reported Friday, citing judicial sources.
November 5, 2019 Spanish protesters demand change after men acquitted of raping unconscious teen The streets of Spain were filled with protesters – mostly women of all ages – on Monday as they demanded the country’s laws be changed after five men were acquitted of raping an unconscious 14-year-old girl.