Overview
- Emergency services admitted Hernández to a Melilla hospital with severe dehydration after he fainted two days into a protest hunger strike outside the shuttered venue.
- Local police provisionally closed the bar El Cielo earlier this week, with the city government citing a licence issued in 2013 that was never transferred to the current owners.
- Officials say repeated regulatory breaches led to warnings and that the venue will not reopen until required documentation is filed and safety reports are favorable.
- Fran Antón began the protest on December 10 by chaining himself to the door and refusing food, and Hernández joined a day later after traveling to the city.
- Hernández says he has received death threats and plans to report them, while the couple maintains they hold a valid licence and were blocked from retrieving belongings.