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(Spain) a person, normally an illegal immigrant, who sells counterfeit goods (like clothes, watches, music CDs, movie and video games DVD) on the streets
2015 November 8, “Con la mercancía a cuestas”, in El País:
En ese instante, otro mantero se acercó por la espalda y arrebató a los agentes parte de la mercancía, tras lo cual salió a la carrera con una pronunciada sonrisa en la cara.
2018 March 16, Miguel Ángel Medina, “Seis detenidos en las protestas en Lavapiés por la muerte de un mantero”, in El País:
La muerte de un mantero senegalés este jueves en el barrio madrileño de Lavapiés desató una oleada de protestas callejeras y un amplio despliegue policial con cargas y pelotas de goma para dispersar a manifestantes que incendiaron contenedores y vehículos estacionados en la zona.
The death of a Senegalese street vendor this Thursday in the Madrid neighborhood of Lavapiés sparked a wave of street protests and a massive deployment of police, who charged and shot rubber bullets to disperse protestors who set fire to dumpsters and parked cars in the area.
