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 Spanish police said Wednesday they have arrested an Algerian man who allegedly snatched his two-year-old daughter at gunpoint in Britain and fled the country with her. https://www.thelocal.es/20190807/man-held-in-spain-over-alleged-kidnap-of-daughter-in-britain Wed, 07 Aug 2019 16:22:50 +0200 man-held-in-spain-over-alleged-kidnap-of-daughter-in-britain Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has brushed off reports he was involved in the attempted kidnapping of an acquaintance who owes him €50,000. https://www.thelocal.es/20181019/benzema-hits-out-at-attempted-kidnapping-claims Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:53:46 +0200 benzema-hits-out-at-attempted-kidnapping-claims Police on Monday freed the wife of Mali's honorary consul in Barcelona after a man from the African country seeking to be allowed out of Spain held her for five hours, police said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180320/police-free-mali-consuls-wife-kidnapped-in-barcelona Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:07:02 +0100 police-free-mali-consuls-wife-kidnapped-in-barcelona A Mexican university professor who reported his Spanish wife was kidnapped in July in northern Mexico was charged Wednesday with her murder. https://www.thelocal.es/20170831/mexican-professor-charged-with-murder-of-spanish-wife-after-faking-kidnap Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:31:18 +0200 mexican-professor-charged-with-murder-of-spanish-wife-after-faking-kidnap Gunmen have abducted a Spanish employee of the Red Cross in northern Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of kidnappings of foreigners in the conflict-torn country. https://www.thelocal.es/20161220/spanish-red-cross-worker-kidnapped-at-gunpoint-in-afghanistan Tue, 20 Dec 2016 12:27:06 +0100 spanish-red-cross-worker-kidnapped-at-gunpoint-in-afghanistan A 21-year-old Spaniard has been arrested for faking his own kidnapping to extort money from his mother to pay a debt. https://www.thelocal.es/20161031/son-faked-his-own-kidnap-to-get-600-from-his-mother Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:30:36 +0100 son-faked-his-own-kidnap-to-get-600-from-his-mother A man in southern Spain was arrested for holding his entire family hostage at gunpoint, including his six-month-old grandchild. https://www.thelocal.es/20161007/man-in-southern-spain-kidnaps-entire-family-at-gunpoint Fri, 07 Oct 2016 12:00:51 +0200 man-in-southern-spain-kidnaps-entire-family-at-gunpoint A niece of Spanish Football Federation president Angel Maria Villar was found dead on Tuesday in Mexico after she was abducted and held for ransom for several days, Spain's foreign minister said. https://www.thelocal.es/20160921/spanish-football-chiefs-niece-killed-after-kidnap-ransom-ordeal Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:14:28 +0200 spanish-football-chiefs-niece-killed-after-kidnap-ransom-ordeal A young woman in Sevilla has been arrested for pretending that she had been kidnapped and forced into prostitution in order to get money from her mother to pay off her debts. https://www.thelocal.es/20151022/police-arrest-woman-for-faking-own-kidnapping-to-get-money-from-mother Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:50:53 +0200 police-arrest-woman-for-faking-own-kidnapping-to-get-money-from-mother A young man from Cartagena, in southeast Spain, has been arrested after faking his own kidnapping with the hope of extorting ransom money off his own parents. https://www.thelocal.es/20150825/spaniard-fakes-own-kidnapping-to-get-money-off-parents Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:30:03 +0200 spaniard-fakes-own-kidnapping-to-get-money-off-parents The man, who claimed his three young children has disappeared while on a visit to a park, has been arrested for masterminding their kidnap. https://www.thelocal.es/20150605/man-arrested-for-collaborating-in-childrens-kidnap Fri, 05 Jun 2015 12:08:42 +0200 man-arrested-for-collaborating-in-childrens-kidnap Police in Spain have tracked down an Italian father who abandoned his wife outside a toy shop near Turin and fled with his new born son. https://www.thelocal.es/20150417/father-on-run-with-new-born-could-be-in-spain Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:32:11 +0200 father-on-run-with-new-born-could-be-in-spain In what appears to be a case of mistaken identity, a local policeman in Spain's Catalonia region was abducted and beaten up before being dumped in a forest. https://www.thelocal.es/20141215/kidnap-mix-up-man-abandoned-in-woods-spain-catalonia Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:01:00 +0100 kidnap-mix-up-man-abandoned-in-woods-spain-catalonia Police in the southern Spanish city of Seville have arrested three men who not only mistook a woman for the person they were meant to kidnap; they then decided to abduct and rob her anyway. https://www.thelocal.es/20140801/clumsy-kidnappers-seville-abduct-wrong-victim Fri, 01 Aug 2014 18:35:33 +0200 clumsy-kidnappers-seville-abduct-wrong-victim Five Spanish police officers from the force's human traffiking squad are to fly to Nigeria to assist in the search for more than 200 Nigerian girls kidnapped by the Islamic terror group Boko Haram in April. https://www.thelocal.es/20140522/spanish-police-to-aid-us-in-hunt-for-missing-nigerians-boko-haram Thu, 22 May 2014 18:30:00 +0200 spanish-police-to-aid-us-in-hunt-for-missing-nigerians-boko-haram Forensic DNA technology could help identify and reunite with their families the more than 200 Nigerian girls who were kidnapped by Islamist militants, and Spanish and US scientists are ready to help free of charge. https://www.thelocal.es/20140507/spanish-team Wed, 07 May 2014 11:05:00 +0200 spanish-team A nine-year-old Barcelona girl who went missing seven months ago has been rescued from captivity deep in Bolivia's Amazon rainforest. https://www.thelocal.es/20140312/kidnapped-barcelona-girl-found-in-the-amazon Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:07:00 +0100 kidnapped-barcelona-girl-found-in-the-amazon A Spanish man is facing up to 65 years in prison after he kidnapped two children and threw them into a well. https://www.thelocal.es/20140304/i-never-meant-to-hurt-them-says-man-accused-of-throwing-kids-down-a-well Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:51:00 +0100 i-never-meant-to-hurt-them-says-man-accused-of-throwing-kids-down-a-well Spain has released a member of the far-left group Grapo who was arrested last year in connection with the kidnapping and death of a Spanish businessman in 1995, officials announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131109/spain-releases-far-left-gang-member-implicated-in-kidnap Sat, 09 Nov 2013 12:14:00 +0100 spain-releases-far-left-gang-member-implicated-in-kidnap When a mother on the Spanish island of Majorca told police her baby had been kidnapped by her crazy ex, officers rushed to the scene with rifles, bullet-proof vests, and riot shields. But what they found caught them completely off guard. https://www.thelocal.es/20131016/mother-jailed-over-fake-kidnapping-claims Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:09:00 +0200 mother-jailed-over-fake-kidnapping-claims