I kekahi lā i ka makahiki 1989, ua hele kekahi kanaka ʻepekema 26 makahiki ʻike ʻole ma waena o nā pā paʻakai ʻo Santa Pola. ʻO ka ʻāina ʻē ma ke kahakai Mediterranean kokoke i Alicante (Sepania) kahi i lawe ʻia ai ka paʻakai mai ke kai mai i loko o nā loko wai pāpaʻu. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Francis Mojica ʻo Microbiologist i kahi ʻāpana noiʻi paʻakikī ʻaʻole e hoʻopiʻi i ka makemake o kekahi no nā makahiki he mau makahiki.