Spain Arrests 14 in Plotting Attack on Barcelona

    Fourteen suspected Islamic militants were arrested in Spain on January 19th, and may have been planning a terrorist act in Barcelona, according to interior minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba. Rubalcaba said more arrests were expected, and the country was on high security alert. Searches of the suspects’ homes uncovered suspicious material, including four timers. Those arrested…

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      40 Algerian illegal immigrants set fire, escape from Spanish shelter

      Approximately 40 illegal Algerian immigrants escaped from a shelter in Barcelona on Friday. The escapees seized the opportunity of fires in the shelter, as guards were busy trying to extinguish the flames. The conditions of the shelter are rumored to be very poor, and the fires were intentionally set by those seeking to escape from…

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        Police hunt 27 escaped immigrants

        Eight of the thirty-five illegal immigrants who escaped from an internment camp in Barcelona’s Zona Franca district were re-captured. The internment camp serves those who await deportation for not having the proper paperwork. The escape occurred as a group effort to force open a door; Police are searching for twenty-seven escaped immigrants who are still…

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          Two terrorist suspects nabbed in Spain

          MADRID – Spanish police arrested two Pakistani men accused of financing terrorist groups in Spain and other countries following an investigation involving the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, authorities said on Friday. The officials said the men were taken into custody in Madrid and Barcelona. Searches of the men’s property turned up more than EUR…

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            Lines of people waiting before the Moroccan consulate of Barcelona

            Taking advantage of the holiday and the beginning of the Ramadan, many Moroccan citizens have gathered in front of the consulate of their country in Barcelona to take care of legal issues. These lines are now routine since the embassy opened a year ago. This consulate serves the entire region of Catalonia, the Spanish Mediterranean…

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