El Mundo (Spain)
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El Mundo is the second largest newspaper in Spain, with a circulation of 350,297 copies (2003). It first appeared on October 23, 1989, founded by Alfonso de Salas, Pedro J. Ramírez, Balbino Fraga and Juan González.
It has its headquarters in Madrid, but different editions are printed in national territories, such as Andalusia, Valencia, Castile and Leon, Balearic Islands, Bilbao, etc.
El Mundo has played a key role in uncovering several scandals. Among them was the embezzlement of the Guardia Civil commander, Luis Roldán, and the governor of the Central Bank of Spain, Mariano Rubio, who was accused of insider trading and tax fraud. El Mundo also gave publicity to connections between the terrorist Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación (GAL) and the socialist administration of Felipe González, a news story that contributed to the defeat of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in the 1996 elections.
In October, 2005, El Mundo revealed that Nazi Aribert Heim (aka "Doctor Death") has been living for 20 years in Spain, probably due to help to ODESSA network, among whom were the henchmen of Otto Skorzeny, who had helped set up one of the most important ODESSA bases in Franco's Spain.
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