In 2023, Málaga has experienced its driest year since records began in 1961. 26 people arrested and another 44 investigated for the irregular irrigation of subtropical crops in the Axarquía region.
Of the 340 hectares studied, 240 were irrigated with 250 wells without authorization. “It is very likely that there is an environmental crime in this abusive use of water, because in Doñana there has been one,” says the Environmental Prosecutor of Malaga.