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Ex-Badalona Mayor Rubén Guijarro Faces Trial Over Alleged Urban Planning Offences

Prosecutors seek a four-year prison sentence, disqualification, and fines for Guijarro and two former officials over unaddressed illegal constructions in protected land.

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Rubén Guijarro, exalcalde de Badalona.
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El exalcalde de Badalona Rubén Guijarro, en una imagen de archivo

Overview

  • Rubén Guijarro, former mayor of Badalona and urbanism councillor in 2018–2019, is accused of failing to sanction illegal developments in the Serralada Marina protected area.
  • The trial, beginning May 21, 2025, at the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona, will also see two former municipal officials face identical charges.
  • Prosecutors allege Guijarro knowingly omitted sanctioning actions against illegal constructions, including housing, a chicken coop, and a greenhouse, despite being legally obligated to act.
  • The prosecution is requesting four years and one day of imprisonment, 16 months of disqualification from public office, and an €8,000 fine for each of the accused.
  • The defense argues that the case is a procedural dispute, asserting that separate handling of land restoration and sanctions is lawful under Catalan urbanism law.