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Spanish Supreme Court Upholds ETA ‘Legal Front’ Convictions, Imposes Sentences Up to 7½ Years

The ruling closes a long case by linking the defendants’ legal activity to operational support for ETA.

Overview

  • Arantza Zulueta received seven and a half years for integration in a terrorist organization and for the deposit of arms and explosives, while Jon Enparantza was sentenced to four years for integration.
  • Naia Zuriarrain and Iker Sarriegui saw their penalties reduced to two years and one and a half years after the court deemed their roles subordinate and without proven links to violent acts.
  • Judges cited a hidden USB drive with maps to three caches in southern France that police later found stocked with rifles, ammunition, detonating cord, money, and 92 kilograms of explosive precursors.
  • The court rejected applying the Penal Code’s lesser-gravity reduction, ruling the conduct involved weapons and functions that facilitated attacks.
  • The decision validates the 2010 intelligence work and law-office searches, dismisses torture and procedural-nullity claims for lack of corroboration, and fixes the activity period between 2005 and April 2010 with undue-delay mitigation applied.