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Reports he is now in the Dominican Republic
safe from arrest.


[Spain's former king Juan Carlos has fled
to a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic
amid a corruption scandal, according to reports.
The 82-year-old left the Zarzuela Palace
in Madrid on Sunday and spent the night
in Sanxenxo, a small town on
Spain's Atlantic Coast
where he had often attended sailing events,
La Vanguardia newspaper reported.
He travelled by car the following morning
to Porto from where he took a private jet
to the Dominican Republic.]


[He said that he made the decision
because of "public repercussions that
certain past events in my private
life are generating".
Prosecutors in Switzerland are investigating
whether financial transactions linked
to Juan Carlos had any bearing
on Saudi Arabia awarding a lucrative
multi-billion-dollar deal to Spanish companies to
build a high-speed railway in the kingdom in 2011.]


https://news.sky.com/story/former-ki...spain-12042188