Madrid Protest Draws 40,000-80,000, Injuring 7 Police as Pressure Mounts on Sanchez
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Updated · Reuters · May 23
Madrid Protest Draws 40,000-80,000, Injuring 7 Police as Pressure Mounts on Sanchez
4 articles · Updated · Reuters · May 23
Seven police were injured and three people were arrested after a small group of protesters tried to breach barriers near Pedro Sanchez's Moncloa residence during a Madrid march demanding his resignation.
Organizers said 80,000 people joined the "March for Dignity," while the government's Madrid representative put turnout at about 40,000; the rally was otherwise largely peaceful.
People's Party and Vox leaders joined the demonstration, which was fueled by corruption allegations surrounding Sanchez's circle and a new court investigation into former Socialist prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
Sanchez has said the cases are politically motivated attacks driven by the far right; his wife Begoña Gomez denies wrongdoing, and prosecutors last month sought to close the case against her.
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