Mayor robs supermarkets in protest

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A Spanish mayor is causing chaos by staging robberies at supermarkets and giving stolen groceries to the poor in protest at the government's austerity cuts.

Juan Manuel Sanchez Gordillo, regional lawmaker and mayor of the town of Marinaleda near Seville in southern Spain has become a Robin Hood figure and a national celebrity due the outrageous political stunt.