Overview
- Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr were shot dead at Monaghan’s Irish bar in Fuengirola on June 1 while watching the Champions League final.
- Spanish National Police confirmed their identities without ID documents, citing prior knowledge of both men from underworld records.
- Investigators say a Spanish drugs cartel placed a £250,000 bounty on Monaghan’s head over an alleged unpaid debt.
- Police Scotland has stated there is no evidence the killings were planned in Scotland and is assisting Spanish authorities in the probe.
- Officials warn that the gang war involving the Lyons family, the Daniels and allies of Ross ‘Miami’ McGill and Mark Richardson could spill further into Europe.