Overview
- Antonio González-Polar Rodríguez, a leading loncco artist, died at 92 after a career of more than five decades.
- He was recognized as a Meritorious Personality of Culture in 2018 and earned major honors including the Medalla de la Cultura in 1997, the Medalla de Oro de la Cultura in 2000, and a 2006 congressional distinction, with works such as Carmoña and Cargando la suerte.
- In a separate case, a man identified as Antonio Pareja, about 70, collapsed around 8:30 a.m. inside Mercado San Camilo while waiting for his meal.
- Preliminary police findings point to cardiac arrest, and resuscitation efforts by customers and staff were unsuccessful before emergency services arrived.
- Officers from the Palacio Viejo station secured the area as the Public Ministry and forensic teams were called to complete the required procedures, and a business manager said Pareja had been a daily patron for two decades.