Maricarmen has left her Madrid home after seven decades. The 87-year-old woman was taken to a Samur ambulance as supporters shouted from behind a police cordon.
Maricarmen left her Madrid home on a stretcher and was taken to a Samur ambulance after the eviction was carried out this Wednesday. The 87-year-old woman had lived in the property for 70 years. Samur medical staff accompanied her as supporters shouted from behind a police cordon. RTVE also reported that Maricarmen has a disability, adding a social and rights dimension to the case.
The judicial commission responsible for enforcing the order entered the final stage of the case at the apartment on calle Alcalde Sáinz de Baranda. Maricarmen had to leave the residence on a stretcher. She did not walk out. At 13:00, she was taken toward the ambulance as dozens of people watched from outside. EFE confirmed that the commission carried out the eviction and that she was later taken away in a Samur vehicle.
The eviction carried out this Wednesday was the fourth attempt to remove Maricarmen from the property, according to reports by EFE and Heraldo.
The stretcher became the defining image of the eviction.
Police kept those present several metres from the entrance. From there, they voiced their support for the elderly woman while the judicial commission completed the eviction. Reports by elDiario.es and other Spanish media said neighbours kept watch overnight. A larger group later gathered outside the building, with activists and residents trying to stop the order from being enforced. The available account does not include statements from the commission, the property owner or Maricarmen herself.
The property was not simply a recent address in her life. It had been her home for seven decades. That links the eviction directly to the residence where she spent most of her adult life. The immediate result was visible: she left under medical supervision and was taken to an ambulance.
According to Telemadrid, ownership of the property passed to the investment company Urbagestión in 2018. The dispute concerned a rental agreement originally signed by Maricarmen's father, which the court viewed as not transferable to her; Cadena SER reported that the requested rent was about 1,650 euros rather than the roughly 500 euros she had previously paid.
The scene differed from the parliamentary incident described in an earlier report. In Madrid, the central event was the removal of a resident from her long-term home, with Samur personnel present as she was taken away.
No further destination or medical condition has been provided in the available information. The sequence at the Madrid address is clear. The judicial commission carried out the eviction. Maricarmen left on a stretcher. Samur staff accompanied her, while supporters stayed behind the cordon. Infobae, citing Europa Press, reported that the Delegación del Gobierno said the police operation followed a judicial mandate. It also said it opposed the eviction.
This was not a routine change of occupancy. An 87-year-old woman was removed from the home where she had lived for 70 years and taken to an ambulance as dozens of people protested outside. The stretcher and the cordon show the human cost of the eviction more clearly than any procedural description. The case has become a prominent example in Madrid's wider debate over housing, long-term tenancies and investment owners.
