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Follow the latest news on the situation in Torre Pacheco live, with the latest on the demonstration called against the attack on a 70-year-old resident, the incidents, the arrests, and the reactions of politicians and residents today.

Follow the latest news on the situation in Torre Pacheco live, with the latest news on the demonstration called against the attack on a 70-year-old resident, the incidents, the arrests, and the reactions of politicians and residents today.

20:21

The ultra-right protest in Torre Pacheco fails amid heavy police presence.

The protest, scheduled for 8:00 p.m. today, has so far been reduced to a small group of attendees, several journalists, and a large presence of law enforcement officers.

20:14

Vito Quiles and Dani Esteve, absent from the demonstration

Quiles arrived in Torre Pacheco this morning and was among the group of journalists attending the press conference of Podemos General Secretary Ione Belarra. In fact, he engaged in a verbal exchange with the former Minister of Social Affairs. Minutes before the protest began, which has so far only managed to gather a few dozen people, Quiles addressed the media to inform them that Esteve would not be attending and that he was leaving the municipality. According to his testimony, he was leaving the protest at the suggestion of the security forces present in the square. The local police then escorted him to his vehicle and he left. Reported by Toni Jiménez.

20:13

Confusion is the general tone in Torre Pacheco

After 8:00 p.m., the time the protest in Torre Pacheco had been called for, confusion reigned in the town's main square. To begin with, there was no clear organizer, and some of the organizers of the call, such as agitator Vito Quiles and Desokupa leader Daniel Esteve, apparently left the town minutes before the protest began. Reported by Toni Jiménez.

20:07

Protesters heckle a TVE reporter

About twenty people who had gathered at the demonstration heckled a TVE reporter and chased her down the street as she reported on what was happening."Pedro Sánchez, son of a bitch," they shouted. Reported by Toni Jiménez.

19:55

X-ray of the Torre Pacheco powder magazine that doubled its population in 30 years: A perfect storm has occurred there

Héctor Cebolla, a CSIC researcher and specialist in migration movements, explains to ABC how what happened in the Murcia municipality is exceptional and asserts that there are not so many Torre Pachecos in Spain.

Reported by Beatriz L. Echazarreta.

Judges for Democracy calls for calm in Torre Pacheco and asks for confidence in institutions

The Association of Judges for Democracy (JJpD) has stated that it observes with deep concern the serious disturbances that have occurred in Torre Pacheco (Murcia) in recent days.

The JJpD has called for calm and confidence in the institutions, which will fulfill their mission of restoring coexistence and punishing any crimes that may have been committed, according to sources from the association in a press release.

The Civil Guard and the Local Police are currently carrying out checks on all vehicles at the entrances to Torre Pacheco, as in previous days.

Absolute calm and a great deal of media attention in the town center, where a rally against attacks on our elderly is scheduled for 8 p.m. Municipal workers are placing concrete blocks as a barrier to reinforce security along the perimeter between two pedestrian plazas. Reported by Toni Jiménez.

The alleged perpetrators of the Torre Pacheco attack: two released and one in provisional prison

The on-duty judge of the San Javier Court of First Instance has agreed to the provisional release with precautionary measures for two of the three people arrested for the assault on the Torre Pacheco resident that led to the disturbances that have been occurring in the municipality.

On the other hand, the Investigating Court number 5 of Donostia-San Sebastián had agreed, on duty, the provisional imprisonment without bail of the third and last person arrested for the assault, a 19-year-old young man who was arrested yesterday in Rentería, Guipúzcoa.

19:15

ERC asks the government how it allows fascists to camp out every night in Torre Pacheco.

ERC MP in the Congress of Deputies Francesc-Marc Álvaro asked Pedro Sánchez's government this Tuesday how it allows"fascists to run riot every night" in the municipality of Torre Pacheco, in Murcia, where various altercations have been taking place in recent days.

Álvaro stated this on social media, where he emphasized that what is happening in Torre Pacheco is a disgrace on a European scale. How does Pedro Sánchez's government allow fascists to roam the town every night? He stated that there should be fewer empty celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Franco's death and more forceful action against those who fuel hatred and racism.

19:01

Redondo, on Torre Pacheco: There is an international hate movement fostered in Spain by the far right.

The Minister for Equality, Ana Redondo, has stated that there is an international wave of hate being fomented in Spain by the far right regarding the recent events that occurred in Torre Pacheco (Murcia) after chairing the emergency meeting of the Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination (CEDRE).

We are very aware that there is an international hate movement seeking social confrontation and institutional destabilization, the minister stated in statements to the media on Tuesday. Via EP.

Saiz calls on social media platforms to assess the proliferation of hateful content in Torre Pacheco.

The Minister of Social Security, Inclusion and Migration, Elma Saiz, held an extraordinary meeting this Tuesday with the Forum for the Social Integration of Immigrants (FISI) - a consultative and advisory body of the Government - in the context of the disturbances in the Murcian town of Torre Pacheco.

Saiz expressed his concern about what happened and denounced the xenophobic attacks that have occurred in recent days in Murcia. He expressed his concern about the Spain we want, a Spain that protects, integrates, and defends freedom and equal opportunities regardless of one's origin.

Reported by Inés Ruiz-Jiménez.

The 'Deport Them Now' Telegram channel has been shut down for spreading a hate speech statement.

The leader of the xenophobic group"Deport Them Now" has been arrested in the town of Mataró for his alleged involvement in hate speech. The group spread messages on social media inciting a hunt against the North African population in the town of Torre Pacheco.

In parallel, the Telegram channel used to distribute the hate speech has been shut down.

18:22

Two of the three arrested for the assault on the Torre Pacheco resident have been released on bail.

The on-duty judge at the San Javier Court of First Instance, who oversees plaza 5, has granted provisional release to the first two men arrested for the assault on the Torre Pacheco resident, which led to the clashes that have been occurring in the municipality since this weekend.

The measure imposed on them is a restraining order against the injured party, the obligation to appear in court every 15 days, and a ban on leaving the country, with the requirement to surrender their passports.

18:17

The xenophobic movement 'Deport Them Now' calls for patrols to hunt down North Africans.

The xenophobic movement ‘Deport Them Now’ has called in a statement for neighborhood patrols to hunt down North African criminals for three consecutive days: today, tomorrow and the day after.

They are calling on anti-immigration organizations, football fans, and local residents to join them, arguing that the Constitution protects their right to defend Spain. Their leader was arrested yesterday afternoon in Mataró (Barcelona) for alleged hate speech, as reported by the Ministry of the Interior on Tuesday. The Telegram channel where the message was disseminated has also been closed.

Reports Toni Jiménez, special envoy to Torre Pacheco.

An unauthorized demonstration is called in Torre Pacheco.

An unauthorized demonstration is scheduled for this afternoon at 8 p.m. in the Town Hall Square of Torre Pacheco. Desokupa leader Daniel Esteve and Vito Quiles have shared the call on social media and confirmed their attendance, but the specific group organizing it is unknown, as the posters circulating do not specify the exact event.

18:10

Two demonstrations called by ultra-right groups this afternoon in Torre Pacheco

There will be an unauthorized demonstration this afternoon at 8 p.m. in the Town Hall Square of Torre Pacheco. Desokupa leader Daniel Esteve and Vito Quiles have issued the call. In parallel, the xenophobic movement"Deport Them Now" has called in a statement for neighborhood patrols to hunt down North African criminals for three consecutive days.

Reports Toni Jiménez, special envoy to Torre Pacheco.

The Civil Guard has deployed more than 130 riot police to Torre Pacheco to prevent disturbances ahead of the protests planned for the coming days.

The Civil Guard has deployed more than 130 riot police officers in Torre Pacheco (Murcia) to prevent disturbances in the context of protests called by various extremist groups for three consecutive days since Tuesday afternoon.

Sources from the Ministry of the Interior consulted by Europa Press have emphasized that the 90 members of the Civil Guard's Reserve and Security Group (GRS) citizen security units have been joined by another 45 officers since Tuesday, bringing the total number of riot police deployed in the town to 135, along with other Local Police officers.

17:27

Those who come new from Morocco arrive here very emboldened

Teachers at the Torre Pacheco schools: The adjustment period is tough, but little by little you get used to them. The Muslim community and local organizations are mobilizing to mediate with the young Moroccans who are joining the riots.

Reports Toni Jiménez, special envoy to Torre Pacheco.

17:09

The mayor of Torre Pacheco attributes the unrest to outsiders and local immigrant groups.

The municipal councilor gave interviews to radio stations Cadena SER and Onda Cero on Monday, calling for calm and urging an end to calls on social media to go to the town and act violently. Pedro Ángel Roca believes the clashes are being caused by immigrant groups from the town and people from outside, and he called for an increase in police forces.

Alegría accuses Vox of wallowing in hatred in the wake of the events in Torre Pacheco and the PP of a complicit silence.

The Minister of Education and Government spokesperson, Pilar Alegría, has expressed her strong condemnation of the disturbances in Torre Pacheco (Murcia) and has accused Vox of"flourishing" in hatred in the face of these events and the PP of a complicit silence.

When hatred is fueled by lies, it surely becomes the most flammable fuel we have right now. And when you also traffic in that hatred, the consequences can be completely unknown, warned the Minister of Education and government spokesperson, Pilar Alegría. Via EP.

Feijóo accuses the government of using the Torre Pacheco riots to cover up its concessions to Catalan separatism.

The government and Vox are engaged in a bitter confrontation over the recent riots in the Murcia town of Torre Pacheco. And in the midst of this clash, the Popular Party (PP) is emerging as a target for both parties, accused by the government of remaining silent and by Abascal's party of being complicit in the surrender of our borders.

Reports Emilio V. Escudero.

Redondo responds to Podemos' criticism: The government is coordinated and the response has been very forceful.

The Minister of Equality chairs an emergency meeting of the Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination (CEDRE) following the Torre Pacheco incidents to condemn hate speech and discrimination by the international hate movement.

Reports Gregoria Caro.

Yolanda Díaz invokes the social shift from Moncloa: Citizens are afraid, not hateful.

The second vice president of the Government and leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, called on the Executive again this Tuesday to give a social turn to the legislature, but this time in the press conference after the Council of Ministers, where, in reference to the events in Torre Pacheco (Murcia), she suggested that the citizens are afraid, not hateful.

Without a social shift, we fail to uphold the expectations of our country's citizens, and we fail to fulfill the mandate of June 23rd. Without a social shift, we fail to provide certainty and security to citizens, who are afraid. Citizens lack hatred. No data indicates that hatred exists in our country. On the contrary, with the data, what citizens want is peace and coexistence, but they want certainty and security, he reflected.

15:58

López Miras demands that the Interior Ministry guarantee personnel so that Torre Pacheco does not become a battlefield again.

The president of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, has expressed his concern about the current situation in the municipality of Torre Pacheco resulting from the disturbances that have been occurring in recent days, and has therefore asked the Ministry of the Interior to guarantee all the necessary personnel to ensure that Torre Pacheco does not once again become a battlefield.

The residents of Torre Pacheco have demonstrated for many years that they want to live in peace and that they know how to coexist with respect and tranquility, the President of Murcia emphasized, criticizing the fact that violence is being brought from outside into their streets. This is what we do not want and it is what the Ministry of the Interior must prevent.

15:44

Vox blames the government for the violent response in Torre Pacheco and avoids condemning its residents.

Pepa Millán, spokesperson for the parliamentary group, criticizes the focus on those reporting the problem rather than those causing it:"We can't expect families of victims of abuse to sit idly on their sofas at home."

Reported by Juan Casillas.

15:24

The leader of the group 'Deport them now' arrested in Mataró, accused of instigating the hunts in Torre Pacheco.

Yesterday afternoon, July 14, the Civil Guard arrested C. L. F. in Mataró (Barcelona), a leader within the xenophobic supremacist movement Deport Them Now UE, for his alleged participation in a hate crime.

Last week, this movement released a statement on social media seriously inciting a hunt against the North African community in the town of Torre Pacheco (Murcia).

15:15

Feijóo accuses the government of renouncing the exercise of state authority and using the riots in Torre Pacheco to cover up its concessions to separatism and its corruption.

The PP president has expressed his full support to Domingo, the man attacked a few days ago in Torre Pacheco, the start of the wave of violence in the town. Feijóo condemned all forms of violence and also criticized the government, believing it has renounced exercising state authority and has made it clear that there is no immigration policy.

15:15

Belarra attributes Torre Pacheco riots to far-right racist terrorism

Ione Belarra has attributed the riots that have taken place in recent days in Torre Pacheco (Murcia) to far-right terrorism while attributing to those responsible for Vox the intellectual authorship of what happened and has attacked the"inaction" of the central Government.

The secretary general of Podemos, on behalf of the broad representation of Podemos members who visited Torre Pacheco, expressed her solidarity and affection for a municipality that is savagely suffering the blows of far-right racist terrorism.

3:00 PM

X-ray of the Torre Pacheco powder magazine that doubled its population in 30 years: A perfect storm has occurred there

Héctor Cebolla, a CSIC researcher and specialist in migration movements, explains to ABC how what happened in the Murcia municipality is exceptional and asserts that there are not so many Torre Pachecos in Spain.

Reported by Beatriz L. Echazarreta.

14:51

The Comuns accuse Vox of covering up the events in Torre Pacheco: There's no place for squadrism.

In a state governed by the rule of law, there is no place for escuadrismo (squad-mongering) in a press conference in the Catalan Parliament, Davida Cid, the party's spokesperson in the Parliament. She also called for political and police force against the far-right strategy of Vox, and also AC in Catalonia, to generate hate speech, hunt down citizens, and organize escuadrismo (squad-mongering) in the 21st century. Via EP.

14:40

The PP demands that the Interior Ministry provide the necessary resources and urges the parties not to add fuel to the fire.

The situation is very serious and violence cannot be allowed to continue to increase, said Joaquín Segado, Deputy Secretary for Organization, Communications, and Electoral Affairs of the PPRM (People's Party of the Republic of Venezuela). Political parties must rise to the occasion. Our responsibility as politicians is to stand by the neighbors, ask for calm, and not exploit fear to engage in politics, he added. Information from EP.

2:30 PM

Más Madrid blames Vox for the hunting in Torre Pacheco: They have stirred up hatred again.

The acting spokesperson for Más Madrid, Eduardo Rubiño, asserted this Tuesday that Vox is directly responsible for the images and the hunt for immigrants being seen in the Murcia municipality of Torre Pacheco. He also accused the party of stirring up hatred and fueling the far-right revolt that seeks to disrupt coexistence. Information from EP.

14:20

Alegría accuses Vox of wallowing in hatred in the wake of the events in Torre Pacheco and the PP of a complicit silence.

When hatred is fueled by lies, it surely becomes the most flammable fuel we have right now. And when you also traffic in that hatred, the consequences can be completely unknown, warned the Minister of Education and government spokesperson, Pilar Alegría. Information from EP.

14:10

The 'Dancia de Cartagena', one of the first to mobilize protests in Torre Pacheco: I have nothing to do with the violent acts

In an interview with 'Cuatro', the Murcian denied accusations of racism and stated that he does not want to generalize ethnicities or cultures.

14:02

Podemos files a complaint against Abascal and Antelo for allegedly inciting violence in Torre Pacheco.

Podemos has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office against the president of Vox, Santiago Abascal; the leader of this party in Murcia, José Ángel Antelo; and the leader of Desokupa, Daniel Esteve, for alleged hate crimes and inciting violence against migrants following incidents in the Murcia town of Torre Pacheco.

The party is demanding that the Public Prosecutor's Office's Hate Crimes and Anti-Discrimination Section admit its complaint and open an investigation into Abascal, Antelo, and Esteve, among other individuals accused of the crime.

Europa Press reports.

2:00 PM

The hotspot of violence in Torre Pacheco

The hot spot in the Murcia town is the same: the San Antonio neighborhood. But this time, unlike the previous three days, the extremist groups are not present in the streets. The fourth night of tension is the work of about fifty young Moroccans—some of them minors—from the municipality itself, who cover their faces with scarves, masks, and balaclavas. They are the ones who remain after receiving a clear order from the imams of the mosques who have approached to speak with them: Go home.

Toni Jiménez, special correspondent for Torre Pacheco, reports. You can read the report here.

13:45

Youth revolt on a night without ultras in Torre Pacheco: Ask them why they are wearing masks.

Fifty Moroccans, three of whom were arrested, clashed with riot police on the fourth day of tension in the Murcia town. This is how the last night in Torre Pacheco unfolded.

Reported by Toni Jiménez.

13:36

Provisional detention without bail for the man arrested in Rentería allegedly involved in the assault of a man in Torre Pacheco.

The Donostia-San Sebastián Court of First Instance No. 5, acting on duty, has ordered the provisional detention without bail of the young man arrested in Errenteria (Gipuzkoa), who was the subject of an arrest warrant for his alleged involvement in an incident in Torre Pacheco (Murcia). He is charged with possible bodily harm.

Reports Gerard Bono.

13:27

Vox blames the events in Torre Pacheco on all those who have surrendered the borders.

Pepa Millán, spokesperson for the Vox Parliamentary Group, made an assessment this Tuesday of the wave of violence unleashed in Torre Pacheco.

The Vox MP has blamed what is happening in the Murcia region of Torre Pacheco on all the parties and all the politicians, with names and surnames, who have surrendered the borders, who have carried out massive regularizations of irregular immigrants, who have given aid to those who enter illegally and massively imported people from cultures incompatible with the Spanish one: They are to blame for the increase in violence on our streets.

13:23

The true story behind the alleged video of the beating in Torre Pacheco: They are two different beatings, the one in the black pants and gray t-shirt is me

Two attacks—one in Almería and another in Murcia—and a video circulating on social media further increased the confusion surrounding the initial riots.

The one in the video is me. You're getting confused: José was beaten last May in Almería. He has now published a statement on his Instagram profile emphasizing that the images circulating of the alleged beating of Domingo, the Torre Pacheco resident who was unjustifiably beaten last Friday, are not from that moment. The true story behind the alleged video of the beating in Torre Pacheco.

Report Aurora Santos.

What happened in Torre Pacheco? A timeline of four nights of riots

The attack on a 68-year-old resident of Torre Pacheco last Wednesday was the trigger for the wave of violence in the municipality.

After the incident became known, several calls were made to seek justice in the municipality. Pedro Ángel Roca, the town's mayor, blamed outsiders and local immigrant groups for the disturbances. Both he and López Miras called for an end to the violence, also called for on social media, and for increased police presence in the town.

So far there are 13 arrests in connection with the riots.

13:05

Fernando López Miras asks the Interior Ministry to stop the violence in Torre Pacheco now.

The president of the Region of Murcia has called for action to prevent calls to go to Torre Pacheco, generated on social media, from ceasing. López Miras has called for increased police force in the municipality. Crime is not stopped with more crime; it is stopped with law, order, and the State Security Forces, he said in an interview on Telecinco's 'La Mirada Crítica'.

He also insisted that there has always been good coexistence in the town, but what is currently happening is a problem of violence.

12:58

Four nights of tension in Torre Pacheco

The Murcian municipality of Torre Pacheco has seen a fourth night of tension following a wave of violence unleashed last Wednesday by the beating of a 68-year-old man.

Thirteen people have now been arrested in connection with these incidents, and both the town's mayor and the regional president have requested additional police forces in the municipality. You can follow all the latest news live.