Moroccan dies trying to reach Spain in suitcase

A Moroccan man suffocated while being smuggled to Spain in a suitcase stowed in the boot of a car, the Spanish government said on Monday.

The 27-year-old man, whose name was not made public, was found dead after the car arrived at the port of Almeria on a ferry from Melilla, a Spanish enclave in North Africa.

The car’s owner, the dead man’s brother, was arrested for murder, a government spokesman in the city said.

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