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Terrorism Arrimadas, at the site of the attack on the Zaragoza barracks, cries out against "the laundering of the murderers and the oblivion of the victims."
Tense day that has been lived this Saturday in
Mondragón
.
The victims of terrorism have traveled to this town in Gipuzkoa to confront the initiatives of the 'abertzale' left by ETA prisoners.
From Voices Against Terrorism,
José Alcaraz,
called this act in response to
Sare's
initial
in which he wanted to pay tribute to the most bloodthirsty ETA man who remains in prison,
Henri Parot,
convicted of 39 murders. Victims of terrorism such as
María Jesús González
(
Irene Villa's
mother
),
Ana Velasco
,
Antonio Salvá
,
Salvador Hulayar
, or
José Alcaraz himself
, who buried his brother and his three-year-old twin nieces in the attack
have been displaced there.
by
Parot's
command
against the headquarters of the Civil Guard in Zaragoza.
And together with the victims, a broad representation of Vox, with its president, Santiago Abascal, at the helm. Macarena Olona, Ortega Smith,
Marta Castro
,
Patricia Rueda
, ... and a long list of the best-known faces of the green formation.
Daniel Portero
, president of Dignidad y Justicia, and
Carlos García
, president of the
Guipúzcoa
PP,
were also cited in their dual status as victims and politicians of the PP
.
Before this central act, fifty people also gathered in Mondragón in the ship where
José Antonio Ortega Lara
was kidnapped
for 537 days, summoned by the PP.
There were
Carlos Iturgaiz
,
Ana Beltran
, and said
Portero
and
Garcia
.
Important device
The Ertzaintza deployed an important security device to prevent incidents in a day that was expected to be of very high tension. And the objective of the anti-riot squad was achieved effectively: the day passed without hardly any incidents. And that was with a group of two hundred radicals who tried at all times to boycott the protest of the victims. From just 50 meters, they provoked them by calling them "fascists" and launching proclamations for the ETA prisoners. The victims responded with cries of "murderous ETA" and cheers to Spain.
It was
María Jesús González
, Irene Villa's mother, the first to speak. The organizers avoided placing a fixed sound installation, so that the event had a short tour. And the spokesmen fired a megaphone. Despite this, the message was clear, again demanding "memory, dignity and Justice." González denounced the lack of clothing with the victims and issued a warning: "I hope they do not have to regret feeding the ETA snake," in reference to those who whitewash the tributes to ETA prisoners.
Irene's mother insisted on demanding "dignity for the victims and delegitimization for the murderers."
And he cited one by one all the victims of the Zaragoza barracks. There were not a few attendees who could not contain their emotion. "Today is very important. The pity is that we are not all here together and the events have dispersed," pointed out one of the attendees who was excited when the names of the six children murdered in
Zaragoza
were recalled
.
While you were delivering your speech, the screams of the radicals who tried to boycott the act increased.
Some neighbors also came out onto the balcony with saucepans to silence the victims.
But they were in the minority.
The act took place with the majority silence of the citizenship.
"Few have come to protest," one of the ertzainas who participated in the seatbelt pointed with a certain calm.
After María Jesús,
Alcaraz
took the microphone
.
The president of Voices against Terrorism and now a deputy for Vox was the initiator of the "civic rebellion" when the victims of terrorism took to the streets to protest against the government's negotiation with ETA.
Now, he has summoned again and this time in an emblematic place for the 'abertzale' left such as Mondragón.
"They say that we have come to provoke. And yes, we have come to provoke the consciences of the Spaniards, so that they wake up and see what is happening, how they try to whitewash the terrorists. They want us to renounce memory, dignity and Justice. And they are not going to get it, "he said.
"They say that this is a political act. Since when have the victims not been able to speak or go out?" Said Alcaraz.
"And I say: we have come this far. I say enough. The hate crime is allowing homage to the murderers," defended the president of Voices Against Terrorism.
The speeches were punctuated by shouts of 'Viva España' and the memory of those killed by
Parot
.
Almost a thousand people gathered in Plaza Garibay.
Abascal and the "betrayal" of Sánchez
The act ended with the National Anthem. No politician spoke. The leader of Vox,
Santiago Abascal
, spoke to the media when the victims had already collected their banners. "What is really happening with the permissiveness of the President of the Government is a permanent act of exaltation of terrorism and of vindication of ETA and each and every one of its crimes. And that is why we are here, to denounce it, not to contribute with our silence, but also to denounce the betrayal of the Prime Minister, who is now President thanks to the votes of ETA. And that betrayal of Pedro Sánchez wants to be paid by the Spanish and the victims of terrorism. And that is why we will always be with the victims of terrorism in Mondragón and wherever it is needed, "said Abascal.
The call barely lasted for half an hour. The buses and the caravan of Vox and the victims arrived escorted to the same square. The Ertzaintza launched a second deployment to provide cover for this caravan. It did not prevent some radicals in isolation from throwing stones at some of the Vox deputies. But a police charge feared scared off a small group of radicals who tried to provoke incidents.
The square was left in peace but with the notice of the victims who attended that this act will not be isolated.
"We have to go out every time they start a tribute to an ETA member. It cannot be that the street will be theirs again. We have to be present and report each and every one of the acts in which they try to honor the prisoners, because they humiliate us and exalt ETA. And we all have to be together, "said
Daniel Portero
, who was both at the PP event and at the one called by Alcaraz.
The same did also a small group of New Generations of the PP.
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