Murder of Basque Political Prisoner

Thanks to Eli Gudari for the information about how the Basque political prisoners can be murdered whenever Madrid wants.

Here you have what happen to Jose Anjel Altzuguren:

Basque prisoner Jose Anjel Altzuguren found dead in cell

He was arrested in Bera on October 22 to be taken to complete his prison term, and having been in the prisons of Iruñea, Gasteiz and Zaragoza, he was admitted to Soria prison on Friday; despite suffering from depression, he was not seen by the doctor there

Edurne Elizondo – BERA (Navarre)


Jose Anjel Altzuguren, a citizen of Bera (Navarre), was unexpectedly arrested by the Spanish Civil Guard nine days ago to serve his prison sentence in full. He was admitted to the prison of Iruñea (Pamplona) and subsequently transferred to Zaragoza and finally to Soria, where he arrived on Friday. He had a visit from his brother at the weekend. Jose Anjel had asked him for money to buy a television. He also told his brother that another prisoner had lent him some books on that very Friday. Yesterday he was found dead. According to the information the prison authorities have given his relatives, he was found in his cell hanged by means of bed sheets.

In the same prison in Soria another inmate was also found dead yesterday morning; a 71-year-old person known by the initials C. E. T. G. was also found hanged using the wire spiral binding of an exercise book. The prison authorities pointed out that the two inmates had been in different wings and the deaths were unrelated.

The 39-year-old prisoner, Altzuguren, was suffering from depression. He was being treated by a psychologist and a psychiatrist. He was on medication. He was arrested on October 22 to complete his prison term. He had been convicted to five years and eight months for aiding and abetting ETA. The first time he was arrested he complained that he had been tortured, which plus his time in prison had affected him, according to the Askatasuna association. He had served three and a half years in prison. He had been out for barely a year waiting to be informed about a decision on an appeal lodged by his lawyer. Instead of being notified, he was arrested directly on October 22 together with Imanol Larrañaga and Ainara Fresneda. As a result, he was deprived of the medical attention he had been receiving.

Since Altzuguren was admitted to prison on Friday, Soria prison warders had been giving him the medication he was prescribed; but he had not been seen by the prison doctor, as the family’s lawyer, Amaia Izko, stressed. Prison warders found Altzuguren’s body at 08.00 yesterday morning when they started to count the prisoners. At about 08.45 the family got a phone call informing them about what had happened. The prisoner’s sister went with the family lawyer to collect her brother’s body. It was taken from his cell to the hospital to undergo a post mortem examination. When the examination had been completed, Altzuguren’s relatives and lawyer waited for judicial authorisation to remove the body. They were unable to obtain all the documents yesterday, so the prisoner’s body will be arriving in Bera today. It will be leaving Soria at about 12.30. The funeral will be held Bera today. It will be leaving Soria at about 12.30. The funeral will be held tomorrow. The town hall will be used as the funeral chapel.

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