Maria Del Carmen Abascal was evicted from her home of more than 70 years.
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Apple News TodayOct 21, 2026
Multiple independent tier1/tier2 sources (AP, NYT, NPR, NBC, CNN) report that María del Carmen Abascal was carried out on a stretcher from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for more than 70 years on September 23, 2026, which is an eviction; the claim's wording matches the passage and the sources.
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… This started with the eviction of an 87-year-old woman who uses a wheelchair, and she was evicted from her house, and there was just a huge public outpouring. The woman's name is Maria Del Carmen Abascal. She was forcefully removed from her home of more than 70 years after a years long battle with the real estate company that owned the building. Police broke down her door and carried her out on a stretcher, where she was admitted to a hospital for exhaustion and died about two weeks later. …
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Supports. NYT reports Abascal was evicted on Sept. 23 from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for more than 70 years, after police broke down her door.[2]
Supports. CNN and AP-based coverage describe her being carried out on a stretcher from the apartment after living there for seven decades or more than 70 years.[3][4][5]
Supports. CNN reports the eviction was carried out despite dozens of people trying to prevent it, and the landlord later agreed to allow her return.[5][6]
Context. The claim's phrase 'evicted' is consistent with the passage's 'forcefully removed'; the eviction was later reversed by agreement but the claim concerns the eviction itself, as of its occurrence.[1][6]
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6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 4 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1An 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked protests in Spain ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2'Maricarmen,' Whose Eviction Enraged Spaniards, Dies at 87nytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3An 87-year-old whose eviction sparked protests in Spain is ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Housing protests spread across Spain after 87-year-old is ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5How an elderly woman's eviction put Spain's housing crisis ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Evicted 87-year-old who became a symbol of Spain's ...edition.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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