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Woman whose rape complaint triggered Spanish police chief’s resignation is ‘devastated’ after her identity is shared on social media

Liliana Ochoa,Irene Dorta,Patricia Ortega Dolz,Óscar López-Fonseca — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:18:23 GMT

A Spanish police inspector who accused a senior colleague of sexual assault, prompting the latter’s resignation, is “devastated” after her identity was revealed and shared on social media, said her lawyer, Jorge Piedrafita. Speaking on Spain’s state broadcaster, TVE, the woman’s lawyer said that his client’s full name has been “circulating” in WhatsApp groups for police officers, and that she has since been “bombarded with messages and calls,” some of which were “supportive” of her decision to come forward with her complaint against a top police official, while others were threatening in tone. He also said that rumors and slander are being spread deliberately.

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Fires continue to rage in Spain, overwhelming authorities

Juan Navarro García — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:41:54 GMT

Wildfires continued to rage across Spain on Wednesday, leaving thousands of hectares burned. After surrounding and controlling several blazes, the main focus was in the northwest of the country, specifically in the triangle formed by Ourense, León, and Zamora. Of the 10 main active fires identified by the Ministry of the Interior as of Wednesday afternoon, seven were in that area. Over 9,500 people in more than 50 municipalities in Castile and León had been forced to flee their homes due to the threat of the fire, which has now claimed three lives in Madrid and León and left several more injured, four in critical condition. In Extremadura, fire threatened the residents of Cabezabellosa (Cáceres), who refused to leave their homes, to the dismay of the regional authorities. “We are helpless and waiting,” complained the mayor of Alija del Infantado (León, population 573), José María Sánchez Córdoba, a member of the main opposition conservative Popular Party (PP), in the face of the threat of the fire spreading to a nearby pine forest and reaching the town.

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Spain’s Pedro Sánchez scrambles to hold government coalition together after top aide is implicated in corruption scandal

Carlos E Cué — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:46:26 GMT

For the first time in seven years, Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez seemed truly knocked out Thursday in a public appearance. This time, the crisis affects him directly, because it was he who appointed party secretary Santos Cerdán, who is embroiled in a corruption scandal involving kickbacks in the awarding of public contracts. Sánchez confirmed Santos Cerdán in his role six months ago, even though by then there were already suspicions hanging over this top official of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE). In fact, up until the publication of a report by the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard, one of Spain’s main law enforcement agencies, the prime minister continued to defend him and express confidence in him. But on Thursday, Sánchez dismissed Santos Cerdán, ruled out resigning himself, and bought some time to undertake a profound reshuffle of the PSOE while trying to maintain the reins of government.

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Italy hinders compromise on the EU migration reform

María Sahuquillo — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:14:55 GMT

Last-minute pressure has not been enough to reach a compromise on the long-awaited European migration pact. The reluctance of the Italian government, determined to appear tough on immigration, is slowing down the approval process by the European Union on the Crisis Regulation. This is the last leg of the long-awaited migration reform, which has been years in the making.

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