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Daily Record
3 days ago
- Business
- Daily Record
Spanish mayor demands more police to tackle organised crime after shootings of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr
Mayor Ana Mula wants to 'reinforce' collaboration between local and national police forces following the fatal shootings of Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46. The mayor of Fuengirola has revealed the Spanish resort is ill-equipped to tackle serious crime after two Scottish crime figures were gunned down at the weekend. Mayor Ana Mula wants to 'reinforce' collaboration between local and national police forces following the fatal shootings of Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46. The pair were gunned down in front of stunned onlookers. In an emergency meeting, she demanded more resources and police specialised in organised crime 'to improve the response to the growing phenomenon of gang fights related to drug trafficking on the Costa del Sol '. She said: 'We live in a world and at a time when crime knows no borders. And in places like the Costa del Sol, phenomena are occurring which, by expansion, affect us irremediably. 'That is why our determination is to tackle it without hot air, to put all possible threats on the table and to prepare ourselves to face this new context, with the means at our disposal, with the best guarantees. 'We need the involvement of the state to be much greater in this matter' to "reinforce collaboration and improve prevention and action in terms of public safety.' The mayor pointed out that the main police unions have been calling for weeks for more material and human resources to combat criminal activity. She announced that a plan to reinforce the Local Police is being studied in order to increase their presence and effectiveness in all their areas of competence. These measures will form part of the special operation that the police force sets up every summer in the city for the high tourist season. So far this year, she has written twice to the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, urging him to build a new National Police station. The first letter was sent on January 15, the second on March 25, 2025. However, she said, she has not received a reply to either of them. "Unfortunately, the facts are proving us right,' she said. 'And it is not only necessary to have facilities that are in accordance with the population level of Fuengirola, but also more police officers who are specialised in the criminal cases that occur in our area. 'I intend to be very insistent on this real demand. It is an absolute priority for our residents and our town.' An FCDO Spokesperson said: 'We are providing support to the families of two British men who died in Fuengirola and are in contact with the local authorities.'
BBC News
3 days ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Spain bar shooting: Holidaymakers 'frightened' in surreal aftermath
It's less than 36 hours after a gangland double murder in a busy bar on the Costa Del Sol, and there is no sign of the Spanish police - apart from an occasional patrol car gliding cordon, no tape, no forensics in white suits, no officer guarding the front door of Monaghans Bar in to a local cameraman, it was the same on Sunday afternoon - the day after Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr were gunned the homeland of the two men who had been shot dead, the case would be classed as a top level "category A" homicide with the bar sealed off and turned upside down for days afterwards. This is Spain, not Scotland. But it must surely be wrong to assume the lack of a visible presence means a lack of interest from the Spanish National part of the country is no stranger to violence linked to organised crime and this was the murder of two men in a public were shot dead in cold blood in a busy bar and bystanders could easily have been injured or mayor of Fuengirola, Ana Mula, has been quoted as saying the police need more resources to deal with the shootings and the general threat of drug-related organised crime. When I arrived late on Monday morning, Mongahans was the only place not open for business in the long strip of pubs and restaurants along the beachfront, where holidaymakers basked in the sun and swam in the sparkling were inside but made it clear they didn't want to talk about what had happened. The owners of neighbouring businesses felt the same tourists who'd been in Monaghans before the shooting described it as a friendly bar. They said a group of Scottish men were watching the Champion's League final in the pub before the shooting. They were boisterous but not behaving badly and Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were with men would have witnessed the horrifying murders of their friends.A video filmed afterwards showed a Scottish man on the phone, saying "Someone's got shot in the head."David Meddicks from Glasgow had left the bar with his wife a couple of hours before. He recalled: "We went back to our hotel for food and later on at the reception of the hotel, two wee Spanish women ran in, shouting "bang, bang, bang, bang.""We looked and we could see the police and all the blue lights. We had been thinking of going back down for another drink and decided not to bother. So I'm quite glad I didn't."An Englishman who been in the pub said: "We were there an hour before and walked back later and found out what happened. "It made us want to go home, to be quite honest. You go away on holiday and you don't expect this. Really frightening."Another tourist, Robert Sorman from Bathgate, said: "You've heard of the Costa Del Crime but you never expect it to happen when you're here." An elite Costa Del Sol-based anti-drug and organised crime unit is heading the investigation, reporting to a local magistrate who is in charge of the inquiry Spanish police have said very little in public so far and there has been no official confirmation of the identity of the two with experience of investigations in Spain say that's not unusual and to be fair, police in Scotland rarely speak about ongoing inquiries into organised crime unless they absolutely have Spanish will be seeking the assistance of Police Scotland to get intelligence on the background of the two men, and it's likely that Scottish detectives will be travelling to the Costa Del Sol at some UK's National Crime Agency has full-time staff in Spain who will be facilitating such co-operation. 'This won't go unavenged' There is speculation that the shootings are linked to the ongoing gangland feud in central Scotland which has resulted in dozens of incidents, including alleged attempted murders, and more than 40 of the people targeted in the violence are linked to the Daniels crime group - long-time rivals of another serious organised crime group, the Lyons family, of which Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were their murders would represent a massive escalation in the level of violence compared to what has gone killings of two senior figures from the Scottish underworld in a bar in a foreign country is possible that it was unrelated to the feud; that something else lies behind thing's certain; Police Scotland will be deeply concerned about revenge attacks and more one former officer put it: "This won't go unavenged forever."
STV News
3 days ago
- Politics
- STV News
Mayor demands more resources after two Scots with gang links shot dead in Spain
The mayor of Fuengirola has demanded more resources from Spain's government after a shooting that killed two Scots with links to organised crime. Eddie Lyons Junior and Ross Monaghan were gunned down outside Monaghans Irish Bar in Fuengirola, south of Malaga, by a masked assailant who fled shortly after 11pm on Saturday. The pair have been linked with a violent rivalry with the Daniels organised crime group in Scotland that has been going on for more than two decades. Fuengirola Local Government Ana Mula, mayor of Fuengirola, at a meeting with senior officials from the national and local police, and councillor for public safety José Luis Ponce. On Tuesday, Ana Mula, the mayor of the Spanish town on the Costa del Sol, urged the country's government to provide more resources and help improve the response to growing gang-related drug trafficking conflicts in the area popular with tourists and ex-pats. During a meeting with senior officials from the national and local police, and councillor for public safety José Luis Ponce, Mula said she was determined to face the issue 'head-on'. 'We live in a world and at a time when crime knows no borders,' she said. 'And in places like the Costa del Sol, we are seeing phenomena that inevitably affect us due to their spread. 'We must lay all potential threats on the table and prepare ourselves to confront this new reality, using our resources to the fullest and with the best possible guarantees. We need far greater involvement from the State in this matter.' The mayor said she has sent two letters to the Spanish minister of the interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska urging him to build a new national police station, but has yet to receive a response. 'Unfortunately, events have proven us right,' Mula said. 'And now it is necessary to have facilities that match Fuengirola's population level, as well as more police officers, and ones specialised in the types of criminal activity we face in our area. 'I intend to be relentless in pursuing this just demand. It is an absolute priority for our residents and our town.' The police have not said if the targeted killings of Eddie Lyons Jr and Ross Monaghan are linked to the gang war which has gripped Glasgow and Edinburgh, or if they are connected with drug-related violence in Andalucia. But there are concerns that the shooting could spark retaliation on Scottish soil. Last month, Police Scotland made more than 40 arrests linked to ongoing violence in the west and east of Scotland. The criminal feud ignited after gunmen targeted two homes in Edinburgh within 48 hours. Several homes and businesses have been torched in recent months. Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
