Spanish authorities
Coverage of Spanish authorities in the Nexus archive.
- Police dismantles fake ID marketplace used by migrant smugglers
French and Spanish authorities dismantled an online marketplace selling fake identity documents to migrant smuggling rings operating within the European Union.
- Passengers from hantavirus ship arrive in US; 3 people in biocontainment
A cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak arrived in the Canary Islands and is being evacuated, with at least one new case identified and 147 people on board. The World Health Organization and Spanish authorities are coordinating the evacuations. Thirty crew members will remain on the ship to sail it back to Rotterdam.
- Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands
A hantavirus-stricken cruise ship is heading to the Canary Islands, where Spanish authorities will perform careful evacuations of over 140 passengers and crew members. The vessel is expected to arrive on Sunday at the Spanish island of Tenerife. Health officials have prepared a completely isolated area for the evacuees.
- Spanish authorities prepare for arrival of hantavirus-stricken cruise ship
Spanish authorities are preparing to receive the MV Hondius cruise ship, which has been stricken with hantavirus, and will assess and repatriate its 149 passengers and crew members. The ship is due to arrive off the Canary island of Tenerife on Sunday. An unprecedented operation is underway to handle the situation.