STORY: Dozens of people protested illegal migration on Tuesday (July 15) in the Spanish town of Torre Pacheco following four nights of clashes between North African migrants and the far-right, in some of the worst such unrest in the country in recent times.

When far-right groups had called for anti-migrant protests on Tuesday, over 120 Civil Guard officers had been deployed to maintain security in the town, a government spokesperson for the region said.

Police have detained at least 14 people so far over the clashes that flared up on Friday after an attack last week on a local man in his 60s.

Authorities said three Moroccan citizens suspected of involvement in the assault have been apprehended, including a 19-year-old alleged to be the main perpetrator. He was detained on Monday evening in northern Spain on assault and battery charges.

After xenophobic messages on social media to "hunt down" residents of North African origin, leaders of the local Moroccan community urged calm and advised younger members to remain in their homes after dozens took to the streets over the weekend and on Monday, clashing with far-right groups and police.

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VIDEO SHOWS: DOZENS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN TORRE-PACHECO, SOUTHERN SPAIN / COMMENTS FROM PROTESTERS

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SHOWS: TORRE-PACHECO, SPAIN (JULY 15, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER SHOUTING DURING PROTEST SAYING (Spanish): "We are done with delinquency, we are sick that our women can't go out calmly to the street. Every time my woman goes to buy tobacco the fucking (people from Morocco) disrespect her. Those who come to work, it's ok, it's ok, but those who come to make crimes we are going to hit them hard and kick the fuck out of them, and that's it. Spaniards have lots of courage and you will not beat us, that's it."

2. VARIOUS OF POLICE DEPLOYED OUTSIDE CITY HALL BUILDING WHERE PROTEST HELD

3. RESIDENT OF MOROCCAN ORIGIN APPROACHING AND TALKING TO PROTESTERS / PROTESTER REPLYING SAYING: "Go fuck yourself" / ANOTHER PROTESTER TRYING TO STOP THE ARGUMENT

4. POLICE APPROACHING MAN AND TAKING HIM AWAY FROM PROTESTS, PROTESTERS CHEERING

5. VARIOUS OF POLICE DRAGGING MAN AWAY, PUTTING HIM INSIDE POLICE CAR AND LEAVING

6. MAN DELIVERING SPEECH DURING PROTEST, SAYING (Spanish): "Wanting legal and controlled migration, doesn't make you a fascist or Nazi, or far-right, it makes you a person with common sense."

7. VARIOUS OF WOMAN WAVING SPANISH FLAG AS SPANISH ANTHEM FROM FRANCISCO FRANCO ERA PLAYS / PEOPLE CHEER AS IT ENDS

8. WOMAN HOLDING FLAG

9. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS SHOUTING AT JOURNALISTS

10. PROTESTERS GATHERED

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LOCAL RESIDENT AND COOK, LUCIA, SAYING:

"We are tired of this situation, very tired. We go out and we are insecure, I have two children and they have to go out because it's their town, but I'm always extremely worried when they are out in the street."

12. PROTESTERS

13. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LOCAL RESIDENT AND COOK, LUCIA, SAYING:

"Of course now (after aggression to elderly man) you go out with fear. I know Domingo (man who was allegedly assaulted), I used to work in a bar and served him coffee, he was having a walk calmly and damn it, they beat you up. There's no right for this to happen, this time it was Domingo but tomorrow it can be any other person to be raped or scrapped. Thousands of horrible things."

14. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LOCAL RESIDENT CARI, SAYING:

"Out of here, those who are illegal should be out of here. My daughter lives in England with a job contract, certificate of no criminal records, letter of recommendation and level of English, plus her career. My son is in Australia with same conditions plus medical insurance and money in the bank for whatever he needs, but that's not what's happening here. And I'm not racist, my children live out there, but it can't be that we are receiving all those who want to come here, while Spaniards are working for them to live here. No."

15. POLICE DIVERTING TRAFFIC IN STREET

16. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LOCAL RESIDENT, JUAN (NO LAST NAME GIVEN), SAYING:

"The solution? For them to leave, that's the best thing I can think of. That's the solution, those who don't have legal paperwork, should leave, that's the only thing."

17. POLICE OFFICERS WALKING