text: Aristides Apolo, 58 years old and unemployed, passes his belongings to his friend, Israel Plaza, as he prepares to leave after the police surrounded the apartment to evict him and his partner, in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. The landlord's loss of the apartment to a Bankia bank caused Apolo and his partner Mercedes Pincay's eviction. Apolo, lived with 50 year old Pincay, in a foreclosed apartment that was owned by her sister who stopped paying her mortgage fees. Pincay and Apolo remained in the apartment as they could not afford to pay rent due to their financial situation as well as health issues as Pincay is recovering from breast cancer. The eviction was carried out. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki