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In November 2000, ETA planted a bomb at the door of her house with 2 kg of explosives and shrapnel. Juan, Aurora’s husband, was leaving the house to take his son to the nursery. He opened the front door forcefully, which disconnected the wire that connected the detonator to the bomb, which was hidden in a plant pot on the landing. Only the detonator exploded, causing some damage. They made the decision to leave the Basque Country. [...] Read more…

On February 28, 2002, ETA tried to kill Esther Cabezudo by detonating a bomb hidden in a shopping cart. That day, Cabezudo and her bodyguard decided to walk along the opposite pavement, which saved their lives. She, Iñaki, her bodyguard and 18 other people were injured in the blast. [...] Read more…

On September 29, 1980, three members of ETA Politico-Militar broke into his home and locked him, together with his mother and two sisters, in the kitchen. The terrorists kidnapped his father, an executive committee member of UCD (Unión de Centro Democrático) of Álava, José Ignacio Ustaran Ramirez, at gunpoint and killed him moments later. [...] Read more…

On September 6, 2007, as she left a ceremony in a chapel in the town of Lizartza, she was attacked by a radical nationalist with the mast of a banner in support of prisoners. The assailant was sentenced to four years in prison and to a fine of 1,800 euros. [...] Read more…

In 2002, he received the first letter of extortion from ETA. The terrorist organisation was demanding a payment of 25 million pesetas. His own daughter appeared as the sender when it arrived at the company. C.L. says: “I never paid. My approach was to keep the business for my son in the future so that when he finished his studies he could train to manage it. But when my son got married, his wife did not want them to remain here due to the extortion that I was suffering. I no longer saw any reason to continue so, in 2008, I decided to sell the company.” [...] Read more…

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