The volcano evacuates one of the best-known brothels on La Palma: "The Las Martelas whorehouse ceases due to volcanic activity"

A few days ago the La Palma volcano forced the evacuation of three tiny houses on the island surrounded by banana trees in Los Llanos de Aridane, lost between Dos Pinos, Tajuya and La Laguna. Here everyone knows them as

because that is the name of the road they are on. They do not have any sign, or license of any kind, or neon lights on the door, but all the residents know that Las Martelas is

, "the most famous in the Aridane valley."

A document prepared in 2017 by the University of La Laguna, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, revealed that there were then

and that the business of sexual exploitation moved about 20 million euros. A decade ago, the InfoSida Association, which works based in Los Llanos, warned about the increase in the number of prostitutes on the small island of La Palma:

The number has not stopped increasing since then.

"The brothels here have nothing to do with the image they can have on the peninsula or those huge premises on the outskirts of Madrid, here it is something more homely," says a neighbor from Tajuya. "I don't know if these women were cool or not, but

, they are private homes among the banana trees and many men passed by when they finished working, even if it was just to have a drink."

Las Martelas is such a well-known place on the island that its evacuation has circulated all kinds of jokes in recent days by WhatsApp groups on La Palma.

The first, an alleged audio of a prostitute lamenting the closure of the premises: "Well, sadly, Las Martelas closes.

" says the voice note of an alleged prostitute who ends up inviting her companions to move to Barlovento, the other side of the island.

"You cannot imagine the traffic that was here on Friday nights," says

another neighbor right at the Civil Guard control that now prevents access to the area.

The agents guarding the pass had also received the audio in question.

"Are you coming for the Martelas thing, right?"

"The banana trees left to work and they all went there," says the neighbor.

"It was crazy, boy. They all went there because when they were hiding no one saw them enter."

Another of the

that have circulated the most these days on the mobile phones of the palm trees shows a photo of one of the houses and on the facade a graffiti that recalls the banner that appeared when they were rescued by the mysterious

the four dogs trapped between the lava in Todoque.

It says,

.

"It was not the only brothel in the area," explains another man at the door of a bar.

"El Conejo Blanco was also there, but I think that one has already closed. Although it was a hostess club, many of us even went with the girlfriends because it was the only bar that opened until six in the morning. These clubs were almost like discos, but Las Mars was another roll. "

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