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Ex-Partner Detained in Fatal Stabbing of Moguer Farmworker as Gender-Violence Inquiry Opens

Investigators are assessing whether the killing qualifies as gender-based violence following a recent threat report.

Overview

  • The Guardia Civil arrested the 56-year-old former partner in the early hours after the body was found, and he has been placed at the disposal of the court.
  • Co-workers discovered Zahra, a 47-year-old Moroccan agricultural worker, dead after she failed to show up for her shift at a finca in Moguer.
  • The mayor said she died from stab wounds and confirmed the crime scene was a shanty settlement on the boundary between Moguer and Palos de la Frontera.
  • Authorities are treating the case as suspected gender-based violence while the national delegation gathers data to determine its classification.
  • No prior complaints or VioGen records appear for the suspect, and the victim’s daughter reported threats after Zahra told him she intended to marry someone else as local support services were activated for the family.