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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graham Keeley

Spain’s ‘Pablo Escobar’ walks free after legal bungle

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When police arrested a man they called the ‘Pablo Escobar of Spain’ it was hailed as the culmination of a ten-month investigation to detain the leading smuggler of heroin into the country.

Today, however, the man named only as Francisco H.G, was back on the streets after a legal bungle meant a judge had to grant him bail.

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