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of the money, between 5,000 and 10,000 euros, before re-cutting the communication without giving more information. The brother contacted the National Police of Toledo and agents went to the hotel where the kidnapping was allegedly taking place. They found that the victim had left the place a few minutes earlier accompanied by another person. The investigations carried out at that time, and with the support requested in room 091 for all patrols to join the search, allowed the agents to locate and release the victim in a San Juan (Alicante) establishment. Initially the victim was arrested for being, allegedly, one of the criminals. Upon release, the victim told the agents that the event had its origin in a debt owed to the captors and added that four people had held him against his will in a hotel room at gunpoint. The four detainees, between 42 and 49 years old, appeared at the Court of Instruction number 4 of Alicante, all were sent to prison. (Êl Pais) The Generalitat buys the peak of Penyagolosa, the second highest Valencian summit The Castle of the Todolella, the house of Machado in Rocafort and part of the Theatre of Alicante will be public property. The peak becomes Valencian public property after an investment of 1.14 million of euros, announced the Valencian president, Ximo Puig.