The Second Section of the Provincial Court of Palma will hold a preliminary hearing this Friday, starting at 9:30 a.m., in the trial of two men accused of captaining a boat that reached the coast of Formentera last June. The prosecution is requesting a seven-year prison sentence for each of the defendants, whom it accuses of a crime against the rights of foreign citizens. According to the indictment, the boat set sail in the early hours of June 19 from the coast of Tipassa, Algeria, and arrived in Formentera around 4:00 p.m. the following day. There were 16 people on board, two of them minors, who allegedly paid between 6,000 and 8,000 euros for the journey. The prosecutor argues that the lives of the occupants were seriously endangered during the crossing, as the boat did not meet the minimum maritime safety requirements and lacked any lifesaving equipment. During the journey, one of the defendants was in charge of operating the engine with the aid of a GPS device, while the other was responsible for refueling from the fifteen 30-liter jerrycans of gasoline they carried on board. Furthermore, the prosecution emphasizes that neither of the defendants possessed the knowledge or training necessary to navigate this type of vessel.

The main defendants in the Luxury Casa real estate fraud case were sentenced to a combined total of almost 28 years in prison. The Second Section of the Provincial Court handed down a sentence of 14 years and nine months. Carlos García Roldán, known as Charlyand considered the ringleader for the crimes of aggravated fraud, membership in a criminal organization, fraudulent insolvency, and money laundering. His partner, Michelle Pilato, was also sentenced to nine years in prison for aggravated fraud, membership in a criminal organization, and money laundering, and the alleged builder received a four-year sentence for membership in a criminal organization and as an accomplice in the crimes. The court acquitted three other defendants.

The prosecution is seeking a 15-year prison sentence for a man accused of raping a woman with a severe intellectual disability in an abandoned building in Manacor in 2021. According to the indictment, the victim—who was pregnant with the defendant's child at the time, following a previous relationship—was tricked into accompanying him to the location. The trial will take place next Tuesday in the Second Section of the Balearic Islands Provincial Court. The prosecution has charged the defendant with sexual assault with the aggravating circumstance of gender-based violence and is requesting, in addition to the prison sentence, ten years of supervised release, a restraining order prohibiting him from approaching or communicating with the victim for 20 years, and €15,000 in compensation. According to the prosecution's account, on July 3, 2021, at 9:00 p.m., the woman met the defendant at a bar in Manacor. He allegedly asked her to accompany him "to a place" under the pretext of giving her an object, and thus led her to a small, abandoned building. Once there, the man allegedly began kissing and caressing her. When the woman refused to have sex, the prosecution maintains that he immobilized her and threw her onto an abandoned mattress to rape her. The document also includes insults that the defendant allegedly directed at her, such as "fucking Spanish woman" or "fucking fat woman," and expressions with which he compared her to a prostitute. The prosecution specifies that the victim had "a borderline intellectual disability that reduced her capacity for decision-making and defense," a factor that aggravated her vulnerability to the assault. After the events, the woman allegedly developed post-traumatic symptoms, including anxiety, recurring nightmares, and a rejection of her own body.

An administrative assistant of the Health Service of the Balearic Islands has been sentenced to one and a half years of prison and disqualification for having eliminated the data from the registry of frozen embryos of the hospital of They are LazarusThe sentence is the result of an agreement between the Prosecutor's Office, the accused, and the autonomous community.

The GOB has launched the "Condemned for Defending Mallorca" campaign to cover the legal costs and other expenses (€5,000) to oppose the expansion of Palma Airport. Its objective is to cover the legal costs resulting from the ruling against the entity for the appeal filed in 2020 against the Son Sant Joan expansion works, promoted by Aena. The campaign website is now live..