Overview
- Juan Priede, a PSE-EE councilor in Orio, was shot three times in the back inside the bar Gure Txoko on March 21, 2002, after ETA operatives tracked his routine.
- In 2004, Spain’s Audiencia Nacional sentenced Ignacio Javier Bilbao Goikoetxea and Unai Bilbao Solaetxe to 45 years, Pedro Cano to 28 years, and Gregorio Escudero to 25 years, and ordered a joint €400,000 indemnity to Priede’s family.
- Court findings describe collaborators conducting surveillance, a car stolen at gunpoint in Urnieta, the owner tied to a tree near Andoain, and the shooters’ getaway aided by an accomplice.
- The article marks the 24th anniversary by arguing that the Spanish government overlooks such commemorations and by contrasting Sánchez’s coalition latitude with criticism of PP agreements with VOX.
- Contextual references include past Basque parliamentary debates on dialogue instruments, with Arnaldo Otegi invoking the ‘Irish model’ to press for inclusive approaches.