The Public Prosecutor's Office is requesting 30 years in prison for five former ETA leaders for the murder of Gregorio Ordóñez
El ministerio público propone escuchar en el juicio a dos etarras que declararon como testigos protegidos contra la antigua cúpula de la banda terrorista
The Public Prosecutor's Office is demanding a 30-year prison sentence for five former ETA leaders for the attack carried out against Gregorio Ordóñez, deputy mayor of San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa) for the PP, murdered with a shot in the back of the head on January 23, 1995. The public ministry, which underlines that the popular councilor became the “first victim of political relevance” who was “selected by the top” of the terrorist group, takes this step against José Javier Arizcuren, alias Kantauri; Ignacio Gracia Arregui, Iñaki de Rentería; Miguel Albisu, Mikel Antza; Julián Achurra, Pototo; and Juan Luis Aguirre, Isuntza.
Judge Francisco de Jorge, investigating judge of the National Court, already prosecuted all of them in 2025 for this crime.
The National Court keeps other cases against former ETA leaders for crimes committed by their subordinates alive. Victim associations, such as Dignidad and Justicia (DyJ), are pushing for the prosecution of former leaders of the terrorist organization as "mediate authors by domain" —a kind of intellectual inducer of the crimes, having absolute control of the band—.
Among others, the proceedings for the attack committed in December 2006 against Terminal 4 of the Madrid-Barajas airport and the murder of Miguel Ángel Blanco are reactivated.
Translated by urgent.news from El Pais's report; automated translation may contain errors. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.
