Motril

[maw-treel]

noun

1. a town in S Spain: resort center.

Example Sentences

In support of Rubiales, his mother Angeles Bejar began a hunger strike in a church in their hometown of Motril on Aug. 28 to denounce "the inhumane and bloody hunt" against her son.

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The priest, who identified himself as father Antonio, told Reuters news agency that Bejar had been taken to hospital in Motril - the town where her son was raised - so had to cancel a scheduled news conference.

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Angeles Bejar locked herself in a church in Motril on Monday.

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On entering the Divina Pastora church in Motril on Spain's southern coast, Bejar told Spanish news agency EFE the strike would continue "indefinite, day and night".

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While Rubiales, 46, had persistently denied wrongdoing and insisted the kiss - which took place in a globally watched live broadcast - was consensual, his mother Angeles Bejar locked herself inside a church in the family's home town of Motril on Monday and started a hunger strike in support of her son.

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