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Madrid Police Probe Armed Kidnapping, Test Whether Victim Is 'Niño Juan'

Specialist investigators are reviewing witness videos after a Friday night ambush with gunfire in Carabanchel.

Overview

  • National Police are treating the Carabanchel abduction as an active case while working on the hypothesis that the missing man is Juan Manuel G. P., 38, known as 'Niño Juan,' though his identity remains unconfirmed.
  • Grupo XII of the Judicial Police, which focuses on kidnappings and extortion, is leading the inquiry to verify who was taken and to locate the victim, with no arrests reported so far.
  • Witness accounts describe a coordinated stop around 20:30 on Antonio López Street near the Hotel Praga, where attackers forced the driver of a Volkswagen Golf into another vehicle after gunfire.
  • Sources report at least three stolen high-end cars were used—two black Audis (Q7 and Q5) and a Maserati—with several assailants masked as the convoy fled toward the A‑42.
  • Background reported by police sources highlights the target’s long record and alleged debts, including a 2019 Fontainebleau plot that led to prison in France, a high‑profile 2024 Garbera raid, and an arrest in Spain this spring with release on charges.