Leo 
This is Spain, not Scotland. But it must surely be wrong to assume the lack of a visible presence means a lack of interest from the Spanish National Police.
This part of the country is no stranger to violence linked to organised crime and this was the murder of two men in a public place.
They were shot dead in cold blood in a busy bar and bystanders could easily have been injured or killed.
The mayor of Fuengirola, Ana Mula, has been quoted as saying the police need more resources to deal with the shootings and the general threat of drug-related organised crime.
When I arrived late on Monday morning, Mongahans was the only place not open for business in the long strip of pubs and restaurants along the beachfront, where holidaymakers basked in the sun and swam in the sparkling sea.
Staff were inside but made it clear they didn't want to talk about what had happened. The owners of neighbouring businesses felt the same way.
British tourists who'd been in Monaghans before the shooting described it as a friendly bar.
