At the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships he was fourteenth overall. A 5000 m silver medal at the 2010 European Team Championships boded well for the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, but he was ten seconds off his compatriot Jesús España, who took silver. He was fourth at the Atapuerca race which began the 2010/11 cross country season. He was set to defend his title at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships in December but abruptly withdrew after he was arrested.