Overview
- Carlos, 41, stationed in Valencia, died from injuries after being struck in the head with a stone on November 8 while trying to stop a robbery.
- Officers in Vigo held a minute of silence outside the police station to commemorate their colleague.
- JUPOL’s provincial secretary urged the Penal Code to treat assaults on police the same as attacks on politicians, judges and prosecutors.
- The SUP called for policing to be legally recognized as a high‑risk profession with exemplary sentences for aggressions against officers.
- The CEP cited nearly 17,000 assaults on national police or civil guards in 2024, and speakers recalled prior local cases including the 2014 killing of Vanessa Lage and a recent stabbing of a Vigo officer.