Overview
- Thousands visited municipal cemeteries across Spain and Latin America for All Saints/Day of the Dead, with extended hours and traffic plans easing access.
- Madrid reported 34 cemetery incidents over the past year, 68% involving ornament thefts, and launched a weekend operation with 1,650 municipal police, more than 900 at cemetery access points, added EMT buses and drones to manage flows.
- A Madrid councilor proposed using police drones and an updated inventory to detect and deter theft of funerary art, reflecting ongoing concern over stolen crucifixes and other ornaments.
- Toledo recovered 31 burial plots in a new phase, after roughly 60 earlier recoveries, to secure near‑term capacity while also reinforcing cemetery maintenance and infrastructure.
- Moaña submitted a €1.2 million plan to overhaul the Trigás cemetery, adding accessibility upgrades, new columbaria for ashes and a dedicated pet columbarium, with local fee and upkeep models varying elsewhere.