Overview

• Security forces have detained 11 people and filed over 60 disorder and hate crime complaints since last Friday’s unrest in Torre Pacheco.
• Three Moroccan-origin suspects were arrested for the July 9 assault on a 68-year-old resident that triggered the clashes.
• Investigations will target far-right organisations for ties to national movements following government claims that Vox incited the unrest.
• Prosecutors have launched a hate crime probe into statements by Vox regional leader Jose Angel Antelo.
• The mayor of Torre Pacheco appealed for calm and cautioned against scapegoating migrants, who make up about 30 percent of the town’s population.