Over a year ago, one of Spain's more sinister characters, José María Aznar, decided to benefit politically from a tragedy in which dozens of innocent people were killed.
His actions lead to the death of one more person, his name, Angel Berrueta, a baker from the city of Iruñea that was gunned down and hacked to death by a police officer and his son after Angel refused to put up a sign on the window of his bakery as demanded by the police officer's wife.
This is exactly the kind of reaction that the likes of Aznar, Rajoy, Acebes and Palacio were looking for.
What they wanted was to make the entire Basque society look as responsible for the bombings in Madrid. It was only natural that the hot heads would go to extremes like the killing of a defenseless old man.
Valeriano de la Peña, his son Miguel de la Peña and his wife María Pilar Rubio are now standing trial for that senseless act of violence. The judge in charge is trying to downplay it, making it look like a disagreement among neighbors.
Here is what Berria published about the reaction for those who think the act was politically motivated, taking into consideration that Angel Berrueta was a member of Gurasoak, a support group for the parents of Basque political prisoners:
The rest of us, well, we demand justice for Angel Berrueta and his family.
His actions lead to the death of one more person, his name, Angel Berrueta, a baker from the city of Iruñea that was gunned down and hacked to death by a police officer and his son after Angel refused to put up a sign on the window of his bakery as demanded by the police officer's wife.
This is exactly the kind of reaction that the likes of Aznar, Rajoy, Acebes and Palacio were looking for.
What they wanted was to make the entire Basque society look as responsible for the bombings in Madrid. It was only natural that the hot heads would go to extremes like the killing of a defenseless old man.
Valeriano de la Peña, his son Miguel de la Peña and his wife María Pilar Rubio are now standing trial for that senseless act of violence. The judge in charge is trying to downplay it, making it look like a disagreement among neighbors.
Here is what Berria published about the reaction for those who think the act was politically motivated, taking into consideration that Angel Berrueta was a member of Gurasoak, a support group for the parents of Basque political prisoners:
Representing the Gurasoak association, Jose Miguel Olza pointed out they were only demanding justice and said that the case would be “conditioned” by the fact that Javier Muñoz, the Public Prosecutor of the High Court of Navarre, had said that the death was the result of an argument between neighbours. Olza stressed that they had gathered to express “solidarity” towards the family and that it was the moment to be close to the family of the dead man. He added that the PP was politically responsible for the killing.Yes, there will be the cowards that will continue to sing their odes to Spain's "young" democracy while they turn a blind eye to the ugly fascism rearing its head in the politics of that country.
The rest of us, well, we demand justice for Angel Berrueta and his family.
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