Mimoun Hantriz, Jamal Rhilane and Antonio Cortés sent to prison for a total of 35 years

Three men have been sent to prison for a total of 35 years for the kidnapping of 12 year old child, Iván, from Torre Pacheco, who was held by them for two days in June 2006. The two Moroccans and a Spaniard, named as Mimoun Hantriz, Jamal Rhilane and Antonio Cortés, were also ordered by the Provincial Court in Murcia to return the 50,000 € ransom money they collected from the child’s father, a local constructor in Torre Pacheco.Another six people accused in the case were found not guilty by the chamber presided by Judge, José Manuel Nicolás.The total of 35 years for the three found guilty is less than demanded by the prosecutor in the case, as the judge considered that the child had not suffered any abuse when with the kdinappers.

Exchanged building land with worthless plots in a deal with the Polaris World company

El País reports that the mayor made a plot of land for building available to the Mar Menor Golf Resort, from the Polaris World company, in exchange for other plots of land described as ‘useless’. The difference in worth of the two plots is estimated by the prosecutor to be as much as five or six million €, but Polaris World was only called on to reimburse the public coffers by 455,331 €.Daniel García Madrid from the Partido Popular is reported to have exchanged building land with worthless plots in a deal with the Polaris World company José Luis Hernández, the President of the Polaris World group, one of the leading companies in residential tourism, is also charged in the case, as is a second businessman, named only with the initials J.M.F.F.More details on the latest corruption allegations in Torre Pacheco, where the PP Mayor, Daniel Garcia Madrid, has been ordered to prison without bail by instruction judge in San Javier, Salvador Calero. He has replaced the earlier judge in the case, Aránzazu Moreno, who is on maternity leave.The Mayor faces charges of perversion of the course of justice and the mis-use of public funds.The Partido Popular Mayor of Torre Pacheco, Daniel García Madrid, has been arrested this morning in connection with alleged real estate corruption in the town, and also in Fuente Álamo. The arrest follows that of the municipal architect, Ramon Cabrera, who was detained in the same case on March 31, and came at 8,30 this morning when the Mayor was on his way from his home to the Town Hall.He has now been taken to the courts in San Javier to go before the judge Salavador Calero. Reports indicate he faces charges of carrying out activities not compatible with a public servant, fraud, misuse of public funds, influence peddling, bribery, perversion of the course of justice and revealing secrets,Another person who is charged in the case is the businessman Facundo Armero, an ex shareholder in Polaris World, who is reported to have received favoured treatment from the Town Halls in Torre Pacheco and Fuente Álamo.Also facing charges in the case are the town planning councillor, Santiago Meroño, and the councillor for public works, Josefa Marín.