28 Apr, 2021 @ 20:00
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Two bullets mailed to Spain’s ex-Prime Minister Zapatero in latest threat to politicians

Spain's ex-Prime Minister Zapatero gets two bullets mailed to him in latest threat to politicians
The former president of the Government Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, participates in the conference 'Azana and culture as a political vocation' at the Cervantes Institute, in Madrid (Spain), on January 20, 2021. (Photo by Oscar Gonzalez/NurPhoto)

FORMER Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has become the latest politician to be sent a threatening letter, accompanied by two bullets.

Correos staff at their sorting centre in the Vallecas area of Madrid intercepted the letter which was postmarked on April 26.

The two 38 millimetre bullets were sent with a handwritten message in a compact disc sleeve wrapped in cellophane.

Zapatero, from the PSOE socialist party, was Spain’s Prime Minister between 2004 and 2011.

The threatening message described him as ‘harmful, bland, ignorant vermin that did and continues to do much damage to Spain’.

Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, said: “I roundly condemn this new letter and I call a stop to this spiral of hatred.”

Zapatero’s letter is the latest in a series of postal threats.

Two bullets were intercepted yesterday at a Barcelona sorting office which were addressed to the Partido Popular’s Isabel Ayuso.

Ayuso is favourite to win next Tuesday’s snap Madrid regional election.

Her Podemos rival and ex-deputy PM, Pablo Iglesias, received a similar threat, along with two cabinet ministers and the head of the Guardia Civil.

The Madrid election campaign has been a controversial and heated affair, with the far-right Vox party condemned for putting up a series of anti-refugee posters around the area.

READ MORE BULLETS SENT TO THE PP’S ISABEL AYUSO IN MADRID

Alex Trelinski

Alex worked for 30 years for the BBC as a presenter, producer and manager. He covered a variety of areas specialising in sport, news and politics. After moving to the Costa Blanca over a decade ago, he edited a newspaper for 5 years and worked on local radio.

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