Video by Benjamin Bouly-Rames
"If you don't open the door, we'll break it down," shouts a policeman, sparks flying through the night as a circular saw cuts through the chained back entrance of a Madrid bar.
Elsewhere, police force open the rolling shutters of a popular cocktail bar and storm into the dimly-lit interior, where 36 people are drinking in the glow of neon bar signs. "Who's the owner?" barks a woman police officer. "Everyone line up with your papers in hand."
Although Madrid's nightlife has been shuttered since the summer, and a midnight curfew has emptied the streets since October, such raids have become a regular feature in the city.