Hoteliers want lighting on Mallorca beach

The tourist sector in Palmanova has welcomed the night time illumination of the beaches in the Magaluf area which have helped deal with the problems of vandalism and security.

But now they are worried that rather than solving the problem it has just been moved elsewhere.

As such, the hoteliers in Palmanova have petitioned the mayor of Calvia, Manu Onieva, to extend the lighting to all the beaches in the area.

They underscored the fact that the police made 21 arrests on the Magaluf beach last year – and now those malfeasants would no doubt be looking for somewhere else to commit crimes.

The beaches that are causing the most concern to the hoteliers are Son Maties, Palmanova and Carregador; they are all close to Magaluf and they are the most logical choice for the criminal industry to move to.

Onieva explained that the budget for this year was already earmarked for other projects but that the council would consider their request.

Mallorca to have cheaper flights

A plan to make flights to Mallorca cheaper and improve connections to the rest of Europe has been discussed.

The president of the Govern (Mallorca Government), Jose Ramon Bauza, has been speaking to Ana Pastor (Minister for Development) about the possibility of allowing the airlines a 'bonus' for flying to the Balearic Islands.

This 'bonus' would consist of reducing the charges airlines have to pay so that this discount could then be passed on to the passengers thus increasing the attractiveness of the islands as a holiday destination.

Rafael Catala, head of infrastructure, commented that the government was doing everything in its power to better connect the islands with the mainland – especially with a view to encouraging more tourism.

Bauza called the meeting a success and hoped that the support from the mainland would continue to be positive.

Apparent heart attack kills inmate

• Witnesses say the inmate moved, seemingly tried to talk well after being given drugs


• The inmate, Clayton Lockett, later suffered what appeared to be a heart attack -- and died


• "The doctor observed the line and determined that the line had blown," an official says

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(CNN) -- One execution stopped midcourse, another postponed.

Oklahoma corrections officials looked for answers Tuesday following the death of inmate Clayton Lockett, who convulsed and writhed on the gurney after drugs to carry out his death sentence were administered.

"His body started to twitch, he mumbled something I couldn't understand," said Dean Sanderford, his attorney. "The convulsing got worse, it looked like his whole upper body was trying to lift off the gurney. For a minute, there was chaos."

He said guards ordered him out of the witness area, and he was never told what had happened to his client.

The execution was halted, but the result was still death.

Lockett died 43 minutes after the first injection was administered, according to reporter Courtney Francisco of CNN affiliate KFOR, who witnessed the ordeal.

Heart attack

Later, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton said Lockett died of an apparent heart attack.

The execution was the first time Oklahoma had used midazolam as the first element in its three-drug cocktail to end a life.

Midazolam is supposed to render a person unconscious. Seven minutes later, Lockett was still conscious. About 16 minutes in, after his mouth and then his head moved, he seemingly tried to get up and tried to talk, saying "man" aloud, according to the KFOR account.

Other reporters -- including Cary Aspinwall of the Tulsa World newspaper -- similarly claimed that Lockett was "still alive," having lifted his head while prison officials lowered the blinds at that time so that onlookers couldn't see what was going on.

Yet the office of Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin issued a statement indicating "execution officials said Lockett remained unconscious after the lethal injection drugs were administered."

After the ordeal, Patton told reporters that Lockett, a convicted murderer, had been sedated and then was given the second and third drugs in protocol.

"There was some concern at that time that the drugs were not having the effect, so the doctor observed the line and determined that the line had blown," he said, before elaborating that Lockett's vein had "exploded."

"I notified the attorney general's office, the governor's office of my intent to stop the execution and requested a stay for 14 days for the second execution scheduled this afternoon," said Patton, referring to the execution of Charles Warner.

Investigation

Dianne Clay, a spokeswoman for the state attorney general's office, said Tuesday night that her office was "gathering information on what happened in order to evaluate."

The state's governor ordered an investigation and issued an executive order granting a 2-week delay in executions.

"I have asked the Department of Corrections to conduct a full review of Oklahoma's execution procedures to determine what happened and why during this evening's execution of Clayton Derrell Lockett," Fallin said in a statement.

The constitutionality of lethal injection drugs and drug cocktails has made headlines since last year, when European manufacturers -- including Denmark-based Lundbeck, which manufactures pentobarbital -- banned U.S. prisons from using their drugs in executions. Thirty-two states were left to find new drug protocols.

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According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, its protocol includes midazolam, which causes unconsciousness, vecuronium bromide, which stops respiration, and potassium chloride, which is meant to stop the heart.

Lockett was convicted in 2000 of a bevy of crimes, including first-degree murder, first-degree rape, kidnapping and robbery in a 1999 home invasion and crime spree that left Stephanie Nieman dead and two people injured.

'We will pray for their souls'

His final moments gave new life, at least temporarily, to Charles Warner.

Warner was convicted in 2003 for the first-degree rape and murder six years earlier of his then-girlfriend's 11-month-old daughter, Adrianna Waller.

The state decided to put off his execution set for Tuesday. But it has given no indication this delay will be indefinite despite calls from the likes of Adam Leathers, co-chair of the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, who accused the state of having "tortured a human being in an unconstitutional experimental act of evil."

"Tonight, our state government has acted in sin and violated God's law," Leathers said. "We will pray for their souls."

Notably, Lockett and Warner -- who were both held at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester -- had been at the center of a court fight over the drugs used in their execution.

They'd initially challenged the state Department of Corrections' unwillingness to divulge which drugs would be used, only for the department to budge and disclosed the substances.

But Lockett and Warner didn't stop there, taking issue with the state's so-called secrecy provision forbidding it from disclosing the identities of anyone involved in the execution process or suppliers of any drugs or medical equipment.

Oklahoma's high court initially issued stays on their executions, only to lift those stays last week in ruling the two men had no right to know the source of the drugs intended to kill them.

Warner's attorney, Madeline Cohen, said that further legal action can be expected given how "something went horribly awry" Tuesday.

"Oklahoma cannot carry out further executions until there's transparency in this process," Cohen said. "... I think they should all be looking at themselves hard. Oklahoma needs to take a step back."

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The governor's office has ordered an investigation.

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Court: Keep drug source secret

Clayton Lockett, left, and Charles Warner are scheduled to be executed next week in McAlester, Oklahoma.

• Inmates had challenged state clause keeping source of lethal injection drugs secret


• Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner are now scheduled to be executed Tuesday


• Defense attorney says there's no way to know if executions will be "humane"


• States scrambled for new drugs after European manufacturers announced ban last year

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(CNN) -- Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner's executions are back on the schedule for next week after Oklahoma's high court lifted their stays, saying they had no right to know the source of the drugs that will be used to kill them.

The inmates, who are being held at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, where they are slated to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday, had challenged the state's so-called secrecy provision, which forbids disclosing the identities of anyone involved in the execution process or suppliers of any drugs or medical equipment.

Lockett and Warner also challenged the state Department of Corrections' failure to divulge which drugs would be used, but the department disclosed what drugs it intended to use before the high court's decision: midazolam, which causes unconsciousness, along with pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride, which shut down breathing and the heart.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court said the only remaining issue, then, is whether the state's failure to disclose its source for the drugs prevents the prisoners from challenging their executions using the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. The court decided it did not.

"This court holds that the secrecy provision ... does not violate the inmates' constitutional right of access to the courts," the Wednesday ruling said.

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Attorney Seth Day, who represents both men, called the ruling unacceptable and told CNN affiliate KFOR that there was no way to know if the prisoners' executions "would be carried out in a constitutional and humane manner."

"It's not even known whether the lethal injection drugs to be used were obtained legally, and nothing is known about their source, purity, or efficacy, among other questions," he told the station. "Oklahoma's extreme secrecy surrounding lethal injection undermines our courts and democracy."

Attorney General Scott Pruitt applauded the decision, saying the state had a longstanding precedent of keeping the drug sources secret to avoid "schemes and intimidation used by defense counsel and other anti-death-penalty groups."

"These death row inmates have not contested their guilt for murdering two innocent victims nor have they contested their sentences of death. The legal wrangling of the attorneys for Lockett and Warner has served only to delay their punishment for the heinous crimes they committed," he told KFOR.

Lockett was convicted in 2000 of a bevy of crimes, including first-degree murder, first-degree rape, kidnapping and robbery in a 1999 home invasion and crime spree that left Stephanie Nieman dead and two people injured. In 2003, Warner was convicted for the 1997 first-degree rape and murder of his then-girlfriend's 11-month-old daughter, Adrianna Waller.

The constitutionality of lethal injection drugs and drug cocktails has made headlines since last year, when European manufacturers -- including Denmark-based Lundbeck, which manufactures pentobarbital -- banned U.S. prisons from using their drugs in executions. Thirty-two states were left to find new drug protocols.

"The states are scrambling to find the drugs," Richard Dieter, executive director of the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center, said in November. "They want to carry out these executions that they have scheduled, but they don't have the drugs and they're changing and trying new procedures never used before in the history of executions."

If Lockett and Warner are executed next week, they would be the 194th and 195th inmates Oklahoma has executed since 1915.

Andalucia tourists have deepest pockets

Andalucia attracts tourists with a bigger budget than those who go to other Spanish destinations.

According to data released by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism the average tourist arriving for a two week stay in Andalucia will have €1,164 in their pockets.

This is 4.4% more than those tourists who go to other areas; only the Canary islands come close.

Tourists visiting Andalucia in March spent a total of €1.36 billion which was 8.5% up on last year, this accounts for 13.5% of all income derived from tourism in Spain.

The Balearic Islands used to be the top earner from tourism but they have now dropped to sixth place on the list.

So far this year tourists spending their holidays in Andalucia have spent an average of €105 per day; this augurs well for the summer season which is the real barometer of how tourism is going in the region.

Black Easter on Spanish roads

The number of road accidents has increased this Easter for the first time in a decade.

The number of road deaths increased to 35 across the whole of Spain between April 8-21.

In Alicante province, there were four deaths as a result of two road traffic accidents which occurred in Torrevieja and Elche.

The spike in accidents has raised questions and controversy over road maintenance.

With cuts in public investment due to the economic crisis, some say roads are not being properly maintained or measures taken to reduce dangerous sections.

A report by the Spanish Road Association said renovation work was required around the country worth €5.7 billion.

The report also noted deficiencies in the roads of the Valencian Community marking them a score of 189 points out of 400.

However, on paper, investment in maintenance of state highways in the province of Alicante has grown in the last year by 10.5%.

Hashish arrests in Almeria's Vicar

Around 200 pellets of hashish weighing two kilos were seized, and three men arrested in Vicar.

Guardia Civil began the investigation as part of measures launched in Almeria to eradicate the production and distribution of drugs in Almeria.

The investigation began in February when a man was arrested with two pellets of hashish, but the police conducted discreet surveillance suspecting that the man was connected to distribution.

This surveillance culminated this week in the further arrests, and the seizure of the resin pellets.

The Guardia Civil found the pellets concealed in the false bottom of a jacket and a smuggling belt.

Ninety one pellets were concealed in the false bottom of a jacket, which gave off a strong smell.

They located a further 109 pellets in a smuggling belt. The men are awaiting trial.