• Málaga.Second shot to death in a reckoning on the Costa del Sol in a week

Two people have been detained by the Civil Guard for their alleged relationship with the murder of a Briton who last month was shot to death inside his car and outside his house in the Riviera del Sol urbanization in Mijas ( Malaga). A violent death that occurred at a time of rebounding of the accounts adjustments on the Costa del Sol and that made 2019 the most violent year of the last decade in the Malaga province.

According to what EL MUNDO has learned from sources close to the case, the first investigations allowed the agents to quickly determine a short list of possible suspects, although the need for the different lines of work to forge has prolonged the investigation for more than five months.

One of the arrests has occurred in the United Kingdom, they noted, which has required the collaboration of the British police. The other arrest has been in Murcia.

Both are initially accused of a crime of murder, since they allegedly shot the victim when he was inside his car and without any possibility of defense. More charges could be added to them, since the way of executing the crime pointed to a settling of accounts.

The deceased, a 39-year-old Englishman identified as PAW, had a history of drug trafficking and was allegedly related to a smoking club in Fuengirola object of the police interest for the alleged sale of hashish and marijuana.

In addition, he was investigated for his alleged connection to a plot to send cannabis packages through courier services.

The murder was carried out on November 21 on Orfebres street in Riviera del Sol, a large residential complex with an almost labyrinthine structure, which the authors quickly abandoned due to their close connection to the highway.

It was after 3:00 p.m. and PAW was preparing to leave his vehicle on the way home when he was allegedly shot from a car that stopped at his height and fled at full speed.

A neighbor who heard the detonations alerted Emergencies 112 after approaching the car and observing the bloody body. The components of a patrol of the Armed Institute that arrived in the first instance tried to revive the victim, who had at least three bullet wounds, although he eventually ended up dying instead.

The specialists of the Judicial Police Team of the Civil Guard of Mijas took over the case and, after a series of inquiries. They channeled an investigation that has ended up yielding positive results.

In this way, another of the violent deaths that in the last quarter of last year left the bloodiest period of the last decade on the Costa del Sol is resolved . The 25 homicides or murders that were counted in 2019 broke the barrier of 21 which was set 12 months earlier. Except for 2017 and 2013, with 9 and 13 violent deaths, respectively, the Malaga province has always exceeded fifteen crimes a year, with most exercises approaching twenty.

In early March, the arrest of three individuals was known for their involvement in the death of a 66-year-old Moroccan citizen, which occurred in Marbella a week before the now clarified. The investigation of the National Police concluded that the mobile phone was a dumping-theft-of drugs.

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