Isabel Carrasco Lorenzo (4 March 1955 – 12 May 2014) was a Spanish politician of the
People's Party. Carrasco served in the
Senate of Spain between 2003 and 2007. At the time of her death, Carrasco was the head of the government in the northwestern
Province of León
León (, , ; ; ) is a province of northwestern Spain in the northern part of the Region of León and in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.
About one quarter of its population of 463,746 (2018) lives in the ca ...
, and the head of the People's Party in the province. She was murdered in May 2014 as she walked from her home to a political party meeting.
Murder
Carrasco was shot as she crossed a bridge over the Bernesga River in
León.
Mariano Rajoy
Mariano Rajoy Brey (; born 27 March 1955) is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018, when a vote of no confidence ousted his government. On 5 June 2018, he announced his resignation as People's Party lead ...
, the
Prime Minister of Spain
The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government ( es, link=no, Presidente del Gobierno), is the head of government of Spain. The office was established in its current form by the Constitution of Spain, Constitution of 1978 a ...
and the head of the People's Party, cancelled engagements in the wake of her death.
A mother and daughter were later arrested in conjunction with Carrasco's death. The daughter had recently been fired from the council, the mother testifying in the court trial that her daughter was let go from her job because she refused to have sex with Carrasco. The women were the wife and daughter of a police chief in the province of León. On 20 February 2016 Montserrat González, her daughter Triana Martínez and local police officer Raquel Gago, a friend of Martínez, were found guilty of planning and carrying out the murder of Carrasco.
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1955 births
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21st-century Spanish politicians
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Members of the 6th Cortes of Castile and León
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