Spain has told the US to ‘stop sticking its nose into everything’ after it was revealed to be looking into the euthanasia of a young woman in Barcelona.
Noelia Castillo, 25, died after being administered a series of injections last Thursday, following a years-long legal battle that won her the right to die on her own terms.
The young woman had suffered a series of sexual assaults, the last one by three men in a nightclub in 2022.
Days later, she tried to take her own life by jumping from the fifth floor of a building, but survived, leaving her paraplegic and in constant pain as a result of her injuries.
She then sought to die by euthanasia, but had to fight her own father in court, who was backed by Christian lawyers.
Following her death last Thursday, Donald Trump’s administration ordered its embassy in Madrid to ‘launch an investigation’.
According to reports, the message said it wanted to get to the bottom of who was behind the sexual assaults made against Noelia – after ‘reports’ that young migrant men were responsible.
There is zero evidence that migrants were behind any of the alleged attacks against Noelia.
Health Minister Monica Garcia has since responded to the US probe with a direct criticism of Trump, saying in a post on X: ‘Stop feeding the ultra-international agenda by sticking your nose into everything.’
She added: ‘Spain is a serious country, with a robust healthcare system and a framework of rights that protects and cares for all people, including those who decide to seek assistance to die with dignity in contexts regulated by law, evaluated by clinical committees, and upheld by the courts.’
She said that in the United States, ‘thousands of people die every year without health insurance, while Trump supports and carries out human rights abuses between Gaza and Iran.’
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that it has not received any communication from the United States government on the issue.
According to the New York Post, senior officials at the US Embassy conveyed to Pedro Sanchez’s government the Trump administration’s ‘serious concern’ about the ‘numerous systemic human rights violations’ that led Castillo to seek assisted suicide.
