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Madrid (EON) – Spanish police have made the announcement that they have arrested two men for attempted extortion from the parents of 4-year-old Madeleine McCann, a British Girl.

The tow men, one an Italian man and the other a Portuguese woman, are accused of extortion during the time period where the British girl disappeared during a vacation in Portugal.

Authorities in Spain stated that they had no connection with the actual disappearance of the girl but that it was merely a case of extortion.

They reportedly tried to contac the parents of Madeleine to collect a reward for providing information about where exactly the girl was.

The man was arrested on an international warrant issued in France and the woman was detained due simply to her being associated with the man.