The Prosecutor's Office asks for 36 years in prison for the ETA member arrested along with the last signing of Otegi for Sortu

The Prosecutor's Office of the National Court has requested this Tuesday 36 years in prison for

, the ETA leader arrested in 2015 along with

, the last signing of Arnaldo Otegi for Sortu.

Pla and Sorzabal made up the last recognizable leadership of ETA and the Security Forces consider that they were two of the hooded men who in 2012 read the statement ceasing the violence.

His luck after the arrest has not been even: he is free without open causes and she, in addition to serving a sentence in France, has been temporarily handed over to Spain to be tried for planting two bombs in Gijón that left no victims.

Each represents a crime of havoc and a request for 18 years in prison.

The two days of trial have concluded without reference to that last stage of Sorzabal at the top of the gang's

, in which he rose propelled by the succession of arrests of leaders.

The facts that were judged were much earlier, from a first stage in the terrorist organization that led to his first arrest in 1997.

Together with the Prosecutor's Office, the Association of Victims of Terrorism (AVT) has brought the accusation, which has requested the same sentence as the Prosecutor's Office.

Initially the accusation included that of belonging to ETA, but it was withdrawn because the French courts had already convicted him of that crime.

Prosecutor

and lawyer

have dismissed Sorzabal's allegations of torture, which were archived.

The confession obtained by the Civil Guard, according to Sorzabal due to ill-treatment, has not been taken into account as evidence because it was not ratified before the judge.

that she sent to the ETA leadership detailing what she had declared after her arrest and what her activity in the band had been,

weighs especially against her .

There, too, she became involved in the terrorist activities for which she is accused.

The defense has requested the acquittal wielding, mainly, torture and questioning the significance of the

.

"This part has respect for the victims. I understand perfectly that the truth must be known, that it must be clarified, that facts from 25 years ago must be judged. I understand it perfectly, but not like this."

If the court condemns Sorzabal, the ETA member will begin to serve the sentence when the one imposed in France has ended.

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Basque Country The groups of ETA prisoners demand today in the streets their transfer to Euskadi "without exception or delay"

Terrorism The Government fears that the steps of the Court against the ETA leaders will affect its policy with the prisoners

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