Fatal incident

THE 19 ­ year ­ old Spanish pro ­ cyclist Estela Dominguez of the Sopela Women’s team has died in a hit ­ and ­ run incident while out training in Salamanca.

Her death was confirmed by her team on Friday, February 10 with a local news outlet saying that the accident happened at the junction of the A ­ 62 with the N ­ 620 as you leave Villares Polygon. It is understood that she died at the scene after paramedics were called at around 6.32pm on the Thursday evening.

The daughter of former pro ­ cyclist Juan Carlos Dominguez who had a successful career in the 90s, Dominguez had a promising cycling career

Religious coalition

Betty Henderson RELIGIOUS leaders came together in Madrid at the Spanish Episcopal Conference to sign a new declaration on topics including euthanasia and abortion on Wednesday, February 15.

Leaders from the Catholic church, Russian Orthodox church, Reformed Episcopal church, Romanian Orthodox church, Orthodox Ecumenical church and the Spanish Islamic Commission signed the agreement on ‘the dignity of human life’ at the Spanish Episcopal Conference in Madrid.

The statement announced that the leaders are “increasingly concerned by how for decades Spanish law has, in some cases, left human life seriously unprotected,” in relation to laws on abortion and euthanasia. They say that, “respect for the dignity of life” is a sign “of progress” in a society.

The religious leaders also expressed their concern at the Constitutional Court’s decision to reject an appeal from the conservative PP asking them to cut the deadline for permitting abortions.

Representatives of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain refused to join in signing the accord.

ahead of her having recently signed up with Sopela. She had also finished seventh in the Spanish Cyclocross Championship and had been called up by the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC), to participate in the Cyclocross World Cup.

Dominguez, the 19year ­ old Spanish pro ­ cyclist killed in the hit ­ andrun incident, was attending Salamanca University where she was studying Labour Relations and Human Resource Management.

Man caught

SPAIN’S National Police have arrested a French fugitive wanted for the theft of 11 million Swiss francs, as reported on Thursday, February 16.

The French fugitive, who had a European Arrest Warrant issued by France for a robbery which dated back to August 2019 in Switzerland when two armoured vans were held up by 10 hooded and heavily armed individuals who made off with 11 million Swiss francs.

Subsequently, a police investigation into the crime was set up and in October 2020, officers managed to track one of the thieves to Spain.

The man had been living in a small isolated rural property on the outskirts of Girona’s Llers.

Inside the property, officers found a marihuana drying shed, as well as narcotic substances in different quantities with a total weight of approximately 7.83 kilograms.

They also found an illegal firearm, a magazine with 12 cartridges, €2,625 in cash, a French identity card and a French passport with a fake name.