Hacienda, a family investigated and a monastery in ruins: Spolio in San Ginés?

The Tax Agency has intervened several religious sculptures and architectural elements of the former monastery of San Ginés de la Jara (Cartagena), which had been in the hands of a family for decades. The operation, developed between 2022 and 2025, allowed to recover pieces in houses of La Manga and Madrid. The case has given rise to a criminal case for alleged crimes of smuggling and misappropriation of historical heritage. However, the family, …