The Ministry of Interior has deployed, with immediate effect, 275 Guardia Civil officers to serve in 55 teams dedicated solely to combating rural thefts, which last year amounted to 15,234 offences.
Stopping the rural thefts
Last year in El Ejido, Almeria, there were around 500 thefts from rural land, but this could soon be drastically reduced after the launch of a private security company to protect the greenhouses.
Call for more action to combat thefts in the Serrania de Ronda
The Association of Young Farmers, ASAJA, has called for more action from the security forces in the Serrania de Ronda to combat the increasing number of rural thefts of cattle, fruit and vegetables and farm machinery.
Rural thefts continue
Thefts from farms in Málaga province appear to occurring almost on a daily basis and the farmers are none too happy about the situation.