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Cruz Ramiro- local news journalist and editor-in-chief. Worked in various media such as: EL Mundo, La Vanguardia, El País.

They investigate an alleged rape by a nightclub bouncer in Torremolinos (Málaga)

The National Police has opened an investigation following a complaint filed by a 22-year-old girl for an alleged sexual assault suffered by a bouncer at a nightclub in Torremolinos (Málaga)..

The events would have occurred on Wednesday night, between five and six in the morning, in a warehouse in the party room. At the moment there are no arrests, the police force has confirmed to Europa Press.

The victim's testimony states that the worker allegedly took advantage of a moment in which the young woman was left alone to force her into a warehouse of the nightclub and force her to have sexual relations, according to Málaga Hoy..

After what happened, the newspaper continues, she – who was also under the influence of alcohol – went home and it was the next day when, upon waking up, she began the process to report the attack to the Police, who are trying to clarify what happened.

Feijóo will meet with unions and businessmen to convey the "risks" of a possible amnesty

In this way, the leader of the PP will begin with the president of the CEOE, Antonio Garamendi, on Monday, meetings that will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, with the general secretaries of UGT, Pepe Álvarez, and of CCOO, Unai Sordo.

Throughout these meetings, the president of the party will present the general lines of his Government program, listening to the contributions provided by each of them, at a “particularly difficult” time for the economic and social situation of the country; with a series of problems that citizens suffer directly, while the acting Government “dedicates itself exclusively to an identity debate that leads to nothing, only to remaining clinging to the Moncloa,” as specified in a statement..

Likewise, the popular leader will convey to businessmen and social agents the “obvious risks and the fracture of Spanish society that an amnesty would entail, on the path to a self-determination referendum, as intended by the pro-independence forces, led by a former Catalan president who fled from Spain and persecuted by Justice, seeing how the acting President of the Government is willing to give in and break the constitutional path that entails the equality of all citizens,” the writing concludes..

An official from the Valdemoro prison (Madrid) is injured while mediating a fight

A prison official has been injured while mediating a mass fight at the Madrid III Penitentiary Center (Valdemoro), as reported by the CSIF union, which is calling for more security for prison workers.

The incident occurred this Friday after dinner in module 9, according to the union, when “five prisoners of North African and Colombian origin started a fight over a debt incurred in a card game.”.

The service official came “immediately” to mediate between the two sides and try to separate them. During the struggle, these sources point out, he received a blow to the arm and shoulder.

The five prisoners were transferred to the Isolation Department, according to CSIF, which has also reported that that same day there were two cases of overdose in the same prison and it was necessary to urgently transfer one of those affected to the hospital.. For all these reasons, the union calls for “means, security and training”, as well as the status of “authority agent”, for prison officials.

More precipitation with the entry of an Atlantic system with three associated fronts

An Atlantic low pressure system will cause meteorological instability to continue on Saturday on the peninsula, with the entry of three fronts, one that will cross the eastern half, another that will enter from the west and a final one through the extreme northeast, according to the Agency. State Meteorology (Aemet). With this panorama, locally strong showers and storms will be recorded in Girona, tending to subside; Likewise, rainfall accompanied by storms is expected, mainly in the west, center and Pre-Pyrenees, with the probability that they will be more abundant and locally strong or persistent in areas of the western third..

Precipitation will be recorded moving from west to east, and in a weaker and more dispersed manner, in the rest of the western, central, southeastern half and in the Pre-Pyrenees.. In isolation, they are unlikely to affect the rest.

The presence of morning fog banks in the mountains of the Peninsula and interior of the Levant is likely, without ruling out haze in the Balearic Islands and the east of the peninsula.. In the Canary Islands there will be cloudy intervals, with an increase in cloudiness in the northwest, and a probability of precipitation in the north of the mountains, accompanied by some isolated storm in La Palma and a light wind from the northwest and north, blowing to the trade..

Temperatures will register few changes, except the minimums that will increase on the Basque coasts, decreasing in the western and southern thirds and the maximums with increases in the Balearic Islands and in the eastern third and decreases in the western half, even notably in the west of the Plateau. It will be variable in the Balearic Islands, and with probable strong intervals on the western Galician coasts; while the rest will be weak.

Colósimo, La Falda and Gabino: history and secrets of three of the best tortillas in Madrid

The potato omelette belongs to the genre of basic classics of the Spanish recipe book.. There is no house, neighbor or neighborhood bar that does not make it, although today many prefer to use prefabricated products.. In Madrid they are made in a masterful way, there are many bars and taverns that embellish it, whether with onion or without onion.. Among our favorites are Sylkar, Colósimo, Taberna Pedraza, Bodegas La Ardosa, Triciclo, La Primera, La Penela, La Falda, Garelos, Las Tortillas de Gabino, Juana La Loca or Casa Dani. Most of them in skewer format, which is how this delicacy should be enjoyed.. A tasty little bite.

At El Confidencial we talk to three chefs to tell us their secrets, as well as the story behind them.. For this occasion we contacted Ricardo Romero, from Colósimo, the neotavern located at 67 Ortega y Gasset who, by the way, revealed to us that he has just opened another establishment right across the street, Menudeo; the Galician Xan Otero, who delivers tortillas in La Falda and La Lorenza; and a figure of the local gastronomic star system, Nino Redruello, who 19 years ago already glimpsed the future of the recipe by inaugurating Las Tortillas de Gabino with his brother, Santiago..

Colósimo: the tortilla that is slowly poached for 40 minutes

The first thing Romero highlights about his tortilla is the potato, which is almost always sour, when the season allows it: “It's good for everything.”. If you put a lot of fire on it, it doesn't burn, it holds up.”. Poaching the potato takes about 40 minutes, it is done very slowly. “We have been making them since six in the morning,” he reveals of an omelet that also has candied onion..

The other basic ingredient is their eggs, which come from Granja Campomayor, in Palas de Rei, Lugo.. “Our secret is that everything is homemade and natural. They never turn out the same, for the mere fact that we are not machines. Neither do the chickens. “Sometimes they come out whiter and people complain to me,” he says with some of that Andalusian grace that characterizes him and his brother, Mané, who is the one who is usually always in Colósimo's kitchen.. A reference for the purest flavors and traditional stews that opened in February 2019. The omelette can be accompanied by its essential stew croquette, a skewered hake or the delicious beef meatballs in tomato sauce.

We took the opportunity to ask about Menudeo, a tavern that points out ways. “We will have our own pickles, pickles and sausages,” he says proudly.. “We have started making sausages and we have a butcher shop in Sonseca that makes marinated cured meat and loin”. The marinade with mackerel, according to what he says, is embellished. “And I'm waiting for the hunting and mushroom season to start to get started with it.”.

La Falda: a honeyed chicken egg omelette from Mos

The teacher Rafael García Santos said of it: “One of the best (sic) potato omelettes… capable of equaling and surpassing the greatest”. Xan Otero opened this old neighborhood bar eight years ago in Lavapiés, on the traditional Miguel Servet street, where good beer and drinks always shine. “When we opened we thought about having an unpretentious dish, something simple. A client who came a lot told me that he had a friend from Mos, who was President of the Association of Poultry Farmers of the Galiña Breed of Mos.. So I talked to him and we started bringing those eggs,” Otero confesses of that divine tip-off..

Your omelet has monalisa potatoes and six eggs. “First we poach at 140°, give it a touch and finish at 180°. We like to beat eggs with a fork and energy. To finish, we mark it in the pan, a minute or a little less for each part,” he continues.. “We try to make it not like Betanzos”. The egg is the protagonist, along with that subtle mixture between the egg and the starch that the potato has released..

The Skirt is under construction these days. It will open next Thursday after a renovation that aims to give more importance to the kitchen, which will be fully visible. The Venezuelan Alejandro Oliveira, one of the chefs who has made the name of the tortilla begin to be heard beyond Madrid, will also officiate there.. Oliveira will be the one to represent La Falda in the XVI Spanish Tortilla de Patata Championship that will be held on Sunday, October 1 in Alicante.

Meanwhile, Otero slides some of the bites that will be on the new La Falda menu: octopus salad with paprika mayonnaise, mussels in sea urchin sauce, chickpeas with cachucha, chestnuts and scallop, squid gyozas with miso foam and mirin , pickled stingray, wonton lasagna with Thai mince, chorizo onion croquettes, meatballs in coconut and kimchi sauce… Irresistible.

Gabino's Tortillas: a reference that draws on family tradition

Nino Redruello's eyes widened when the stewed tortillas they prepared in La Ancha passed in front of him.. “At that time, more than 20 years ago, I began to be interested in these types of tortillas.”. I saw that they were from the post-war era, that they were served with a stew to rehydrate them,” he says of one more variant of our popular exploitation cuisine..

At the age of 26, together with his brother, Santiago, he decided to start a business alone, betting on that family tradition of the tortilla.. And, in turn, pay tribute to one of the cooks who had always been with them, Gabino: “He was the one who educated us to do things well when we were still a neighborhood tavern.”. With the name, Las Tortillas de Gabino, and an idea behind it, to offer different preparations of tortillas, it opened its doors in 2004..

“Our potato omelette draws on the Basque and Madrid traditions, which is how my uncle and my mother made it.. On the one hand, I like the potato to be candied, because the starch it releases joins with the egg and forms a cream.. And on the other hand, I think that Basque frying gives the potato much more flavor,” he tells us.. In this way, it currently offers a classic, which they call Velazqueña, and six or seven variations.. There is cod porrusalda, garlic soup, stewed with tripe, potato chips with salmorejo or truffle, among others.

To accompany it, they have decided to divide the dishes between those that come before the omelet and after. For this first section, they offer fresh and fun dishes: natural green beans with pea cream, Russian salad with red shrimp, au gratin razor clams, churruscado octopus, idiazábal croquettes… And to finish, there is always a good fish available (breaded grouper and ratatouille; Roman-style hake; and grilled monkfish) and a good meat (cheek, secret, escalope or sirloin).

Sergeant Escolà's travels through Europe: the 'bad' shadow that escorted Puigdemont

Carles Puigdemont responded to the sentence on Miquel Buch and Lluís Escolà with an incendiary tweet. The escaped former president described the court ruling as “barbarism”. But he said something more interesting: “They are condemned for a crime that they have not committed, only for the fact that they have been loyal and committed politically and personally to me.”. Buch and Escolà were convicted of simulating the hiring of the sergeant as an advisor to the counselor so that in this way he could take care of a unique clandestine and illegal escort to Puigdemont, both in Belgium and on his trips throughout Europe..

During the trial, which took place in mid-July, Puigdemont declared by videoconference that Escolà “is a person of whom I am a friend, who deserves all my trust”: “Furthermore, he is a patriot and if he is here it is to lend a service to the country and for no other reason”. Without knowing it, he was giving the clues that corroborated all the indications that there was something suspicious in the work of the police sergeant.. What was the service to the country? From what it seems, from the context, from the indications and evidence provided in the process, it was none other than to guarantee the personal safety of the fugitive..

Escolà became, since October 30, 2017, when he helped the former president flee Spain hidden in a car, a faithful Rigodón of the fugitive. Not only was there a personal and ideological connection between the two, but the sergeant organized the entire security device through which his boss and friend was going to pass.. Escolà was something more than an acolyte, he was a fundamental piece in the gears of Puigdemont's team. That is why I followed him by land, sea and air when he was officially supposed to be serving in the Mossos escort area, which was his destination for more than two decades..

It has been proven that Escolà followed his protégé everywhere from the moment of the escape.. For example, he was detected in Brussels on December 6 and 21, 2017; in Copenhagen, January 22, 2018. On January 25, again in Brussels, and in Leuven, on February 6. “During the period between October 30, 2017 and July 20, 2018, Mr. Escolà did not carry out a single day of active service in his own activity as an official of the Autonomous Police, having been detected by the investigating police force (…) numerous departures abroad, in order to reduce custody and security duties for the already accused rebel Mr. Puigdemont,” the Prosecutor's Office said in its indictment..

The reports made by the Mossos d'Esquadra about his partner leave no room for doubt about the sergeant's life journey alongside the fugitive from justice.. There is an anecdote that illustrates very well the nature of his attachment. Two days later, when his designation appeared in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat (DOGC), he was still on Belgian soil with the former president.. He didn't even show up at the counseling, which would be logical.. But it must also be taken into account how bizarre the appointment was, as well as the conditions of the advisor: he was not assigned an office, nor a cell phone, nor a computer. Something smelled rotten from the first moment.

A week later, he boasted on Twitter of his willingness to go beyond the rules: “41 weeks taking charge of the MHPG [Molt Honorable President of the Generalitat]. As long as it is not legal, it will be done legitimately.” Then he added: “Don't suffer, there are many more of us who take care of him than it seems.” And on September 8 of that year, he recalled: “45 weeks. We have been with him in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Scotland and Sweden.” And two days later, he added: “46 weeks. We added Switzerland.”

On October 11, it expanded its radius of action: “50 weeks. We add Faroe Islands”. He remained in that territory until October 14, when he published another revealing message: “Goodbye, Faroe. A place”. The arrogance emanating from his comments and tweets was what, in the end, served to determine exactly what his work was and even place him with photographs in different places in Europe with Carles Puigdemont. It was the shadow of the former president. If we add to that the comments through social networks, the truth is revealed like a photograph.

Thus, apart from his message on September 8 where he mentioned the countries he had passed through, the Mossos detected Escolà in Innerleithen (Scotland) on August 24, 2018.. On September 9, I was in Delemont (Switzerland). On October 2 he was located in Amsterdam (Holland). On October 11, in Torshavvn (Faroe Islands). On October 24 and 25, it stopped in Geneva (Switzerland). On November 4, he was in Waterloo. On December 13, he was in London (United Kingdom). On December 20, he visited Geneva again with Puigdemont. On December 29 and 30, the journey took them to Dublin (Ireland). And on February 27, 2019, they were both in Zurich (Switzerland).

In total, of the 224 days that he was as an advisor (and for which he received 52,712.26 euros, which the ruling requires him and Buch to return), 103 days he was abroad and 20 days, his whereabouts were unknown. The rest of the days, I was in Catalonia. It is assumed that most of them corresponded to holidays or days of rest that he took, since, according to his own statements, he had a back injury that prevented him from carrying out his job as an escort normally.. However, in videos and photos posted on the networks, the sergeant always seemed to act as a member of the escapee's security, although during the trial his lawyers tried at some point to justify his pose and attitudes as “professional deformation.”.

“From the study of the public comments that Mr. Escolà issued on Twitter, those through which he conveyed to his followers that the function carried out by himself was precisely that of providing support, protection and security to the accused rebel Mr. Puigdemont do not go unnoticed” , says the Prosecutor's Office. In Puigdemont's words, what he did was “a service to the country”.

To cover this enormous task of clandestine escort, Escolà had other police officers who spent their free days traveling to Waterloo and providing their particular “services to the country” as part of a discreet escort and security service.. Their mission was so discreet that they were prohibited from going outside Puigdemont's house to avoid being photographed and the illegal escort that the escapee enjoyed, made up of active agents, being discovered..

The events took place after 7 in the morning on the 10th in the building located at Paseo de la Delicias number 125, in the Delicias district.. The young man, who was arriving from a party, realized that he did not have the keys to his home and began to climb through the windows to try to get home..

However, when he grabbed hold of some bars, they gave way and the young man rushed towards an interior patio, dying instantly from severe trauma.. After the neighbors notified, the Samur-Civil Protection paramedics arrived at the scene, confirming the death.. Subsequently, agents from the National Police and the judge on duty came to certify the removal of the body..

Last August, a 23-year-old man was seriously injured after falling from the facade of his building, in the Madrid neighborhood of Pueblo Nuevo, which he climbed to enter his house after forgetting the keys inside..

"My car parks itself" The floods in Madrid wash away his vehicle and he decides to take it with humor

Madrid has experienced a complicated early morning due to the torrential rains this Friday, September 15. The storm has left completely Dantesque scenes. Sunken cars, highways flooded with water and enormous floods have been some of the serious consequences of the waterspout caused by the thermal burst..

The Community was under a yellow warning due to rain and at five in the morning it was raised to orange.. From five in the morning to eight, firefighters from the capital's City Council have carried out around 50 interventions, all without any injuries, according to reports from Emergencies Madrid.. In this sense, dozens of Madrid residents got up this morning to go to their workplaces and saw how their vehicles navigated the streets..

This has been the case of a woman from Cobeña who recorded with her mobile phone the exact moment in which her car was swept away by the water.. “My car! It was parked there!” the woman shouts when she sees that her car is in a different place than where she had left it.. What at first seemed like it was going to lead to a catastrophe, has had a happy ending.

It has gone viral

When the car began to go down the street, as if it were magic, it turned around and parked perfectly again.. “My car! It parks itself! It parks itself!” exclaims the woman, who begins to laugh at such a scene. The Social Drive profile has shared the video on Twitter, which has already gone viral with more than 290,000 views.

As it could not be otherwise, the images have caused all kinds of jokes among Internet users. “I'm suffering to park on battery and water parking it without problems. This seems insulting to me”, “These modern cars come with more and more extras”, “Crying for a Dacia… To what extent are they taking this country!”, some users have written.

A doctor from Puerto de Sagunto is reported for asking to admit a patient "for being homosexual"

The National Police has opened an investigation for an alleged hate crime against a doctor from Puerto de Sagunto (Valencia) who supposedly intended to admit a patient “for being homosexual” and whom she claimed posed “a danger to children”, according to The newspaper Las Provincias reaches this Friday.

Police sources have confirmed to Europa Press the launch of the investigation following a complaint filed at the Puerto de Sagunto Police Station itself..

The Sagunto health department has opened a file on the doctor and has decided to end the employment relationship with the doctor “imminently”, as sources from the Ministry of Health have confirmed to Europa Press..

The professional had been hired as reinforcement within the framework of the vacation plan for health personnel, according to the same sources, who have specified that the decisions have been adopted “immediately” after learning of the facts..

In addition, the department's management has conveyed the “apology” to the patient on behalf of the entire healthcare area, according to the department directed by Marciano Gómez..

A Local Police agent warned her that these demonstrations could constitute a crime, but the doctor insisted that the man should be treated in Psychiatry because he suffered from “the disease of homosexuality,” according to the same information, which cites the report sent by the Police to the Sagunto Guard Court.

The three mistakes of the amnesty and the fourth that should be avoided

There is not enough ointment to calm the swelling caused by the amnesty that will or will not be. But that does not mean that the Government has not prepared a mild ointment so that the itching is mitigated as much as possible or that at least it does not get worse..

The ruling party insists, for example, on the impossibility of a law of these characteristics approved before Pedro Sánchez revalidates his status as president.. Hence, Teresa Jordà, the ERC deputy who, according to her party's new strategy, must steal the spotlight from Gabriel Rufián, has shown the predisposition of Oriol Junqueras's party to accept this scenario.. As long as, they add in ERC, there is a signed agreement that leaves no doubts on the matter..

It would be necessary to know what Carles Puigdemont, who conditioned the investiture on the amnesty being a prior reality, thinks about this obstacle that the socialist environment has insisted on highlighting for a few days.. Although, if necessary, it does not seem that this will be a point of friction that prevents reaching an agreement between the parties.. None of them is short of creativity when it comes to creating arguments that dismantle the statements and commitments previously adopted..

The other ingredient of the government's arnica is to assume that with the maturation time that still remains for events to precipitate, Carles Puigdemont will find a way to abandon the parts of his speech that are most poisonous to them.. Specifically, everything that in the mouth of the former president of the Generalitat converts this future amnesty into an apology and an assumption of guilt on the part of the State, rather than an act of generosity towards those who broke the law..

The renunciation of unilateralism and the commitment to always remain within the constitutional framework – as ERC did prior to the pardons – would be what is expected of the former president of the Generalitat. Puigdemont must do more of his part so that the amnesty can come to fruition. This would be the mantra that socialism tries to make fortune.

At this point, the difficulties may be greater. Puigdemont can always be nuanced, or travel into the realm of the ambiguous so that each person can interpret what suits them.. But his clarity and expository vehemence to date have been such that it is difficult to imagine him committing to the Constitution and the rules of the game of a State and parties in which he claims to have no confidence..

Just yesterday, with the sentence to four and a half years in prison for his former interior advisor, Miquel Buch, Puigdemont took the opportunity to put his finger in the eye of Felipe VI. In independence, and why we distrust the Spanish State, here is one of the many that we have accumulated”.

It is true that Pedro Sánchez is now defending an amnesty against which he was implacable before he needed Junts for the investiture. So it could also be that Carles Puigdemont changed his mind regarding unilaterality. But if the Government's demand for this commitment to be made explicitly is serious and ends up being firm, there may be a more serious problem in reaching a definitive agreement..

In essence, both issues, that the amnesty is after the investiture and that Puigdemont openly distances himself from unilateralist bets, would try to correct the two major errors that have been made when approaching this issue by those who have the greatest interest in it..

The socialist error of accepting the narrative framework that it is an amnesty in exchange for the investiture and that of Junts of profiting from it by converting its hypothetical approval into an umbrella of moral and political legitimacy over what happened in Catalonia in 2017 and threatening its repetition. All in all, there seems little ointment for so much itching.

The third error has nothing to do with the previous ones. And it comes starring someone who fights the possibility of that amnesty. The PP, also Vox, will be in the streets against a future Government that will not yet exist on the eve of the investiture debate of Alberto Núñez Feijóo. But beyond this inconsistency, it is the way in which the popular have decided to take their voters and sympathizers to the streets that is a mistake..

The street is not on the left, of course. And accusing the PP of plotting a coup for calling for citizen mobilization against a political initiative, as the acting Government has done, is complete audacity..

But we already saw in 2006 what the collection of signatures against the Statute of Catalonia entailed, which years later some popular voices considered a major mistake; publicly recognizing that this was one of the fuses that would detonate the process years later.

Also demanding this mobilization, as Aznar did, appealing to the slogan “Enough!”, which all of Spain shouted when it decided to stand against ETA terrorism after the murder of Miguel Ángel Blanco, is also unacceptable.. The firm position against the amnesty has a sufficiently wide channel in the representative institutions so that the PP can play as hard as it wishes in the legitimate political battle against a decision that it considers a historical mistake..

Regarding the rest of the institutions, those that support the powers of the State without depending on electoral issues, neutrality and respect for political activity are expected, without which every democracy ends up shipwrecked.. Although they can also be wrong. Let's hope that what would be the fourth mistake is not made.. It would be the most unbearable and the one that would cause the most damage..