https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A court in Spain on Monday remanded in custody three suspected members of Islamic State arrested last week in Barcelona, including an Algerian man who had fought for the Islamist group in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.es/20210112/three-suspected-jihadists-held-in-barcelona Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:38:13 +0100 three-suspected-jihadists-held-in-barcelona A Spanish jihadist cell funded itself through tax fraud on chicken, cheese and chocolate sold in Denmark, according to an investigation published Tuesday led by non-profit European newsroom Correctiv. https://www.thelocal.es/20190508/danish-vat-food-fraud-funded-spanish-jihadi-cell-report Wed, 08 May 2019 11:00:16 +0200 danish-vat-food-fraud-funded-spanish-jihadi-cell-report Spain police have dismantled a jihadist group which was trying to radicalise prisoners to carry out attacks when they left jail. https://www.thelocal.es/20190205/spain-breaks-up-jihadi-prison-recruiting-network Tue, 05 Feb 2019 12:10:00 +0100 spain-breaks-up-jihadi-prison-recruiting-network Police in Spain have dismantled a jihadist recruitment ring which operated in 17 prisons and included two men convicted over the deadly 2004 Madrid train bombings, officials said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20181003/spain-smashes-jihadist-ring-operating-in-17-jails Wed, 03 Oct 2018 11:52:04 +0200 spain-smashes-jihadist-ring-operating-in-17-jails Two men arrested in three days in separate incidents for allegedly spreading Islamic extremist propaganda has brought the total number of jihadists apprehended by Spanish police since 2015 to nearly 300. https://www.thelocal.es/20180426/280-suspected-jihadists-apprehended-by-spanish-police-since-2015 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 12:08:08 +0200 280-suspected-jihadists-apprehended-by-spanish-police-since-2015 A woman has been detained near Girona by Spain's Guardia Civil police force suspected of collaborating with terrorists through recruiting and sending jihadists to conflict zones. https://www.thelocal.es/20171017/fbi-helps-spain-catch-suspected-isis-recruiter Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:00:44 +0200 fbi-helps-spain-catch-suspected-isis-recruiter Spanish and Moroccan authorities have arrested six jihadists who were preparing "large-scale attacks", Spain's interior ministry said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170906/spain-and-morroc-break-up-jihadist-cell-preparing-attack Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:31:34 +0200 spain-and-morroc-break-up-jihadist-cell-preparing-attack One of four suspected jihadists arrested in Mallorca this week planned to carry out an attack in the town of Inca, an investigating judge has said. https://www.thelocal.es/20170630/jihadist-planned-to-carry-out-massacre-in-mallorca Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:22:44 +0200 jihadist-planned-to-carry-out-massacre-in-mallorca Six suspected members of the Islamic State group were arrested in Spain, Britain and Germany on Wednesday in an operation led by Spanish authorities investigating a jihadist recruiting network, the Spanish interior ministry said. https://www.thelocal.es/20170628/six-suspected-isis-jihadists-arrested-in-spanish-police-swoop Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:22:09 +0200 six-suspected-isis-jihadists-arrested-in-spanish-police-swoop Police in Madrid have arrested two men suspected of belonging to a jihadist cell with links to Islamic State. https://www.thelocal.es/20170523/two-dangerously-radicalized-suspected-jihadists-arrested-in-madrid Tue, 23 May 2017 12:59:34 +0200 two-dangerously-radicalized-suspected-jihadists-arrested-in-madrid The authorities in Morocco and Spain have dismantled a "terrorist cell" of three Islamic State group supporters, authorities in Rabat and Madrid said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170508/three-man-jihadist-cell-arrested-in-spain-and-morocco Mon, 08 May 2017 15:14:09 +0200 three-man-jihadist-cell-arrested-in-spain-and-morocco Two suspected jihadists arrested in Spain have admitted being in Brussels airport at the time of the deadly March 2016 attack but deny involvement, a court spokesman said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170428/two-alleged-jihadists-arrested-in-barcelona-admit-being-at-brussels-airport-during-attack Fri, 28 Apr 2017 11:29:59 +0200 two-alleged-jihadists-arrested-in-barcelona-admit-being-at-brussels-airport-during-attack A man held in a Spanish anti-jihadist raid was spotted in September in front of a Barcelona concert hall where the band that was playing during the Bataclan attack in Paris was due to perform, police said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170427/jihadi-suspect-held-in-barcelona-spotted-at-eagles-of-death-metal-concert Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:17:17 +0200 jihadi-suspect-held-in-barcelona-spotted-at-eagles-of-death-metal-concert Spanish authorities said Wednesday that they had arrested an Egyptian suspected of facilitating the return of jihadists from Iraq and Syria and a Spaniard who allegedly recruited people for the Islamic State group. https://www.thelocal.es/20170426/two-jihadists-linked-to-islamic-state-arrested-in-spain Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:20:09 +0200 two-jihadists-linked-to-islamic-state-arrested-in-spain Catalan police have arrested eight people including suspected members of a jihadi group linked to last year’s suicide bomb attacks in Brussels’ airport and subway. https://www.thelocal.es/20170425/jihadist-suspects-arrested-in-barcelona-over-links-to-brussels-attack Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:12:54 +0200 jihadist-suspects-arrested-in-barcelona-over-links-to-brussels-attack Two men suspected of links to the Islamic State group have been arrested in Badalona, Catalonia. https://www.thelocal.es/20170207/jihadist-duo-linked-to-isis-arrested-in-badalona Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:12:07 +0100 jihadist-duo-linked-to-isis-arrested-in-badalona A former member of Spain's GAL death squads which targeted ETA separatists in the 1980s was arrested Tuesday for allegedly disseminating propaganda for the Islamic State (IS) group, the interior ministry said. https://www.thelocal.es/20161213/former-anti-eta-militant-turned-isis-backer-held-in-spain Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:03:01 +0100 former-anti-eta-militant-turned-isis-backer-held-in-spain Spanish police on Monday arrested four men suspected of being part of an illegal immigration ring used by the Islamic State group to bring jihadists to Europe, including those involved in last year's Paris attacks. https://www.thelocal.es/20161128/spain-arrests-four-suspected-of-links-to-paris-attacks Mon, 28 Nov 2016 16:33:59 +0100 spain-arrests-four-suspected-of-links-to-paris-attacks Spanish police arrested three men and a woman on Wednesday in Spain's north African enclave Ceuta on suspicion of recruiting young people as Islamist militants. https://www.thelocal.es/20161109/spain-dismantles-jihadist-recruitment-cell-in-ceuta Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:02:09 +0100 spain-dismantles-jihadist-recruitment-cell-in-ceuta Five years after Eta quit violence, the Basque separatist group has yet to dissolve but it poses little threat and authorities have shifted their focus to fight jihadists, says Spain's chief anti-terrorism prosecutor. https://www.thelocal.es/20161020/eta-not-dead-but-spain-focus-moves-onto-jihadism Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:30:07 +0200 eta-not-dead-but-spain-focus-moves-onto-jihadism