Player dies during amateur football game

A thirty year old amateur footballer died yesterday during a game being played at the Hotel Triunfo in Jaén. The man collapsed at around 18:15 and despite the efforts of health personnel and police officers, failed to regain consciousness.

Bogus dentist arrested in Jaén

The Guardia Civil in Jaén has closed down three dental clinics and arrested a woman who had been practising dentistry but who was not qualified to do so. The three clinics, in Ibros Quesada and Huesa, had been operating illegally for several years. They were all registered as being owned by a limited company whose sole partner was the husband …

All the fun of the fair

Five people were injured yesterday, four of them suffering stab wounds, during a fight at Jaén feria. The incident happened at 03:10 in the area occupied by caravans at the fairground, although it is not known what started the fight. One of the injured received a head wound, another has an eye injury and a third suffered damage to the …

Four years for sexual assault

A judge at the Provincial Court in Jaén has sentenced a 40 year old man to four years and one month in jail for sexually assaulting his former wife. The Court heard how the man apparently entered the home of his ex-wife without her consent while she was at work and upon her return, he sexually asaulted her. The defendant …

Industrial fatality in Jaén

An agricultural worker died yesterday afternoon near Torredonjimeno, Jaén, after apparently falling from his tractor onto the ploughing machine he was using. A local resident notified the police that they had seen a man lying next to his tractor but when they arrived on the scene the man was already dead. The Labour Inspectorate are investigating the accident.

Industrial fatality in Jaén

One man died and another was seriously injured yesterday when their tractor overturned. The two men were carrying out agricultural work at km 6 on the JA-3210 linking Jaén with Puente de la Sierra when the incident occurred.

Busted

Guardia Civil officers in Jaén have arrested four men, all Rumanians and resident in Spain, in connection with drugs trafficking. The men were in possession of 2.6 kilos of hashish which had been divided up into over 10,000 individual packages ready for distribution.

Industrial fatality

A worker has died at a quarry between Ubeda and Moreda, Jaén, after a machine overturned and fell on top of him. The accident happened at 10:45 this morning, the reasons for which are still being investigated. The quarry is located at km22 on the A-401 from Ubeda to Moreda.

Minor offence

A judge at the Criminal Court in Jaén has sentenced a local pensioner to two years in prison for corrupting minors.