Arrest announced for murder of Mayor of Polop de la Marina

Arrest announced for murder of Mayor of Polop de la Marina
larger | smaller
By m.p. - Nov 5, 2009 - 1:49 PM

Alejandro Ponsoda - EFE archive

Alejandro Ponsoda died after he was shot as he arrived home in October 2007

There is breaking news this Thursday of an arrest in the murder of Alejandro Ponsoda, the Mayor of Polop de la Marina who was shot outside his home in Xirles in October 2007 and died in hospital eight days later. He was one of 22 people to be murdered in Alicante province that year.

The only news on the arrest so far is that it was made in Alicante province, but there has been no confirmation as yet on whether the person in custody is believed to have fired the fatal shot. It’s understood from El Mundo that further arrests have not been ruled out in the case.

Thursday’s is the first arrest in the investigation since Alejandro Ponsoda was shot three times as he was parking his car outside his home on the night of 19th October 2007. He underwent lengthy surgery to remove a bullet from his brain and, despite an initial improvement in his condition, died in hospital eight days later.

The Partido Popular Mayor was aged 57 when he died and left a wife and two adult daughters.

Click here for related stories

mobile |

email this article | print

printer friendly page

More Spain News : Costa Blanca

Readers' comments:
Please keep to the subject. Opinions published here are of our visitors, not the Typically Spanish team. Comments which go against Spanish laws or which are libellous are not allowed. We reserve the right to delete any comment we wish. Placing a comment indicates you have read our terms and conditions and privacy policy.

Por favor, céntrate en el tema. Son las opiniones de los internautas, y no las de Typically Spanish. No está permitido verter comentarios contrarios a las leyes españolas o injuriantes. Reservado el derecho a eliminar los comentarios que consideremos fuera de tema. Escribir un comentario indica que has leído nuestros condiciones de uso y politica de privacidad.