• Terrorism ETA's network of prisoners was aware of the victims' representations to the Interior Ministry a month after it took place

The association of victims of ETA Dignity and Justice is considering taking legal action against the leadership of the Ministry of the Interior on the understanding that the Department of Marlaska has committed a crime of revealing secrets.

The association chaired by Daniel Portero thus reacts to the information revealed by EL MUNDO that confidential data was leaked from the Interior Ministry, of the requests of this ETA victim about the prison procedures of ETA members convicted of the murder of his father, the chief prosecutor of Andalusia Luis Portero.

These requests were made known by the support network for ETA prisoners. The information is contained in the reports prepared by the Guardia Civil for the court investigating the case on the 'Commission of Prisoners'.

"The information published today by the newspaper EL MUNDO, which explains how the General Secretariat of Penitentiary Institutions has leaked sensitive information requested by victims to ETA's environment, is of extraordinary gravity," the association denounces in a statement.

The legal team of Dignity and Justice "is studying legal actions to clarify what has happened and bring to court those responsible for the leadership of the Ministry of the Interior who have been involved in this leak of sensitive information for a crime of revealing secrets to third parties".

They also ask the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Spanish Data Protection Agency to "take action on the matter, because, according to the report of the Civil Guard presented to the National Court to which the aforementioned newspaper refers, Penitentiary Institutions are transferring ETA members convicted of blood crimes through intermediaries what the victims of terrorism are doing against transfers".

"It is, in short, marketing the personal data of those who have lost a family member at the hands of ETA murderers and offering it precisely to those who make up that criminal organisation," denounces this association of ETA victims.

"For me, this is an absolute outrage and a tremendous disappointment," says Daniel Portero, who has personally suffered the aforementioned leaks of information. "We can't forget that these people have killed more than 800 people, including my father," recalls Portero.

"Those who should ensure the proper functioning of the rule of law collaborate more with the executioners than with the victims," he says. "Sortu's prisoners' commission was dedicated to organising tributes to former ETA leaders convicted of murders," Portero stresses in relation to the organisation that received the information from Penitentiary Institutions.

The president of Dignity and Justice is clear that this specific episode revealed by the media today is only the tip of the iceberg. "The reports from the Civil Guard are pointing to a modus operandi extended over time that can only obey political orders," says Portero. "Who can trust a rule of law that collaborates with terrorists?" he asks.

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  • Ministry of the Interior
  • THE WORLD
  • Sortu
  • National Appellate Court