The mayor of Lugo dies after the infarction he suffered this Friday before the carnival proclamation | Spain

The mayor of Lugo, the socialist Paula Alvarellos, has died this Saturday after being admitted to the hospital for the heart attack that she suffered this Friday, moments before reading the proclamation of the entrogid (Carnival) in the city. The governor, 61, I had 13 months in office, which agreed to replace Lara Méndez after the latter was presented to the regional ones a year ago as number two of the candidacy of the Lucense José Ramón Besteiro. « Shocked and deeply sad, » said the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in X about the sudden death of his party partner, whom he has described as « progressive, fighter and committed to Lugo »: « His loss is a tremendous blow to the socialist family. »

Alvarellos (Ponteceso, 1963) was transferred to the University Hospital of A Coruña from the Lucense hospital in which he was treated after suffering a dizziness when the carnival proclamation was going to start. « It was not only a great mayor, always committed to the problems of citizenship and the progress of the city, but also a very hardworking militant, an nearby person, loyal and willing to add at all times, » said the PSDEG-PSOE in a statement. Besteiro has thanked her support « in the best and worse moments » of his life and Pedro Blanco, delegate of the Government in Galicia, stressed from her that she was a « brave, honest and hardworking person. »

Alvarellos was a lawyer and actively participated in the Concepción Arenal Penitentiary Association, a collective based in Lugo that fights for the social reintegration of citizens who have fulfilled prison sentences. He joined the Municipal Corporation in 2019with Méndez, first mayor in the history of the city, starting his second term. She was a councilor of Urbanism in that team and municipal spokesman. “His loss is hard, unfair and unexpected. But his footprint will remain in Lugo and our party. We will find the best way to honor his memory: working with responsibility and commitment for the city he loved so much, ”says the Galician direction of the PSOE.

The samples of pain for the sudden death of the mayor of Lugo have happened throughout the morning of this Saturday. From the sports and social entities of the city to ministers such as Oscar Puente or María Jesús Montero and former ministers such as the Lucense José Blanco. The president of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda (PP), has confessed “in shock« And Alvarellos said that » he always worked for Lugo with loyalty and dedication.  » The BNG leader, Ana Pontón, has expressed her « deep regret. »