Overview
- Spain’s National Police detained five men in Tomelloso on December 30 on suspicion of homicide and serious injury linked to incidents in Valdepeñas and Cuenca.
- Investigators say the suspects provoked confrontations inside roadside clubs, pulled targets outside, and delivered violent beatings before fleeing.
- A July attack in Valdepeñas left a 58-year-old man gravely injured in a parking area; he later died at the General University Hospital of Ciudad Real.
- Police connected that case to a similar assault in Cuenca in which a man, confronted while using a slot machine, was taken outside and left seriously hurt in the roadway.
- Officers report the group prepped a getaway car in advance, and four of the detainees are also implicated in another serious assault as potential additional links are examined.