typicallyspanish.com

Spain News : National
+ Larger Font | + Smaller Font
Basque Mayor ordered to remove long-standing monument to ETA terrorist
By h.b. - Jun 2, 2008 - 6:13 PM
ALSO SEE : • Thousands demonstrate in support of ETA in Bilbao as bomb shatters court building in Tolosa - Oct 5, 2008 - 12:05 PM
• France arrests third alleged ETA terrorist in two weeks - Oct 3, 2008 - 7:56 AM

Mayor of Hernani, Marian Beitalarrangoitia, leaving the National Court in Madrid today - Photo EFE
enlarge photo

It's the first time that such a judicial order has been issued by the National Court in Spain and it comes against the Mayor of Hernani, Marian Beitalarrangoitia.
Spain’s National Court has ordered, for the first time, that a monument to an ETA terrorist be removed.
The ETA terrorist, José Manuel Aristimuño, known as ‘Pana’, died in March 1981 in a fight with police, and his name had been honoured to name a local park in the town of Hernani.

Now National Court judge, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has ordered the Mayor of the town, Marian Beitalarrangoitia from the ANV party, alleged to have links to ETA, to remove the reference which is also shown on a stone and plaque.

For her part the Mayor refused to declare before the judge who acted after a compliant was placed by the Dignity and Justice Association and the Foro de Hermua groups. She refused to address the court after saying that when the park was named, in 1982, she was a mere 14 years old.

She faces charges of exhorting terrorism and humiliating terrorist victims.

The magistrate also issued an order to the Basque regional police, La Ertzaintza, ordering them to remove ‘all public signs’ referring to the terrorist.


 smartphone/pda/iphone |  email this article |  printer friendly page

 del.icio.us |  digg |  technorati |  yahoo | Stumble It!
Facebook | Reddit | Newsvine | Meneame | Wikio | Blink

ALSO SEE :
• Thousands demonstrate in support of ETA in Bilbao as bomb shatters court building in Tolosa - Oct 5, 2008 - 12:05 PM
• France arrests third alleged ETA terrorist in two weeks - Oct 3, 2008 - 7:56 AM
• Four radicals arrested following street violance in Pamplona - Oct 1, 2008 - 8:32 AM
• Hooded radicals set fire to bus in San Sebestián - Sep 30, 2008 - 7:23 AM
• Batasuna spokesman arrested in France as search for De Juana Chaos moves to Belfast - Sep 24, 2008 - 8:30 AM
• Segovia in mourning for latest ETA victim - Sep 23, 2008 - 8:39 AM
• ETA kill soldier in third car bomb attack of the weekend - Sep 22, 2008 - 6:31 AM
• Seven injured as Basque terrorists ETA set off two car bombs overnight - Sep 21, 2008 - 11:11 AM
• Spanish Supreme Court makes a third Basque party illegal this week - Sep 19, 2008 - 7:24 AM
• Basque political group dissolved and leading members imprisoned - Sep 18, 2008 - 8:48 AM
• National Policeman drives ten kilometres with bomb attached to his car - Sep 17, 2008 - 8:44 AM