Terrorism: Josu Ternera's new life in the heart of Paris
Terrorism: Marlaska brings three ETA prisoners to the Basque Country and grants the third degree of prison to another two
The French justice gave its approval this Wednesday to the Spanish extradition demand against the former ETA leader José Antonio Urrutikoetxea to be tried for his alleged involvement in the murder of
Michelin
manager
Luis Hergueta
, committed on June 25, 1980 in Vitoria.
The investigation chamber of the Court of Appeal of Paris approved the request of the National Court of Madrid for Josu Ternera to sit on the bench for a crime that, if convicted,
could result in a 30-year sentence jail.
Today's opinion will in all probability be appealed by Josu Ternera before the Supreme Court, a
procedure that will prolong the arrival of a final decision for several months.
While waiting for the detailed motivations of the investigating chamber judges to be known, it is clear that they have not accepted the defense's arguments, which at the hearing on December 2 had insisted that the facts were prescribed.
Defense lawyers had also denounced that the objectives of this Spanish extradition demand were "political" and had noted that the attack against Luis Hergueta was claimed shortly after it was committed
by ETA Político Militar, which was a "rival" faction of ETA Militar
, to which his client belonged at the time.
Urrutikoetxea, who is 70 years old and currently living in the center of Paris on probation (with electronic bracelet) since the end of last July, when he was allowed out of prison for health reasons, must also be sent to Spain to be tried. for two other reasons.
The French justice has already ruled definitively, after the Supreme Court dismissed the resources of the veteran ex-ETA leader,
in favor of that surrender for the attack on the headquarters of the Civil Guard of Zaragoza in 1987
, in which 11 people were murdered , including six children.
Also for the summary known as that of the
herriko taverns
on the financing of ETA.
But for it to be placed
in the hands of the Spanish authorities, the two cases pending
before the French courts
must first be closed
.
A trial is scheduled for the first in February, although whatever the sentence may be, it may be appealed to the Supreme Court, which would prolong the outcome for several more months.
For the second, which has returned to the investigation phase, preliminary dates have been set in June.
On July 1 of last year
, the same chamber of investigation of the Court of Appeal of Paris rejected a
Spanish
Euro order
in which he was accused of crimes against humanity.
In that case, the French judges considered that in the documents transmitted to them by the National Court of Madrid
there were "inaccuracies" both about the qualification of the facts
that were accused and about the dates.
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