Maricarmen Abascal, eviction symbol, dies at 87 days after being promised a return home
Imagine being 87 years old, being forced from your home on a stretcher, spending the next two weeks in hospital […]
Madrid resident Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old pensioner, has died after being evicted from the home she had lived in for nearly seven decades. Following her eviction in August, Abascal underwent a two-week hospital stay but never returned to her apartment. Her death has intensified protests across Spain over housing issues, with demonstrators calling her untimely passing a "murder."
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed condolences, but her lawyer Beatriz Duro has accused government officials of her deteriorating health. The protests surrounding Abascal's eviction have expanded into a broader critique of Spain's housing crisis, leading to calls for government intervention and early elections.
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