The Daily Beast
Aug 11, 2012 4:45 AM EDT
By Fiona Govan
Juan Manuel Sanchez Gordillo, the left-wing mayor of a small town in Andalusia, has been organizing raids on local supermarkets to feed the poor.
Juan Manuel Sanchez Gordillo (C), mayor of Marinaleda and member of the regional Andalusian parliament representing the United Left (IU) party, talks with activists on August 8, 2012, east of Sevilla, between the towns of Osuna and Ecija. (Cristina Quicler / AFP / Getty Images )
A left-wing mayor of a small town in Andalusia has become a modern-day Robin Hood, organizing robbing raids on local supermarkets to feed the poor of his community.
Juan Manuel Sanchez Gordillo has, over the past week, led several raids on supermarkets around the town of Marinaleda, near Seville in southern Spain, arguing that “someone has to do something so that families can eat.”
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