In 2011, the Civil Guard arrested Patxi Arratibel, Iñigo González, Iker Moreno, Gorka Zabala, Xabier Beortegi and Gorka Mayo on the orders of Judge Grande-Marlaska. Five of them reported torture (the only one who did not report torture was Gorka Mayo) and, in particular, Iñigo González reported having suffered blows, methods such as the bag and simulations of rape.
The allegations of Arratibel and Beortegi came to Strasbourg, and the Court of Human Rights acknowledged the credibility of the allegations of torture and in both cases condemned Spain for not investigating the allegations. He has now condemned Spain for the third time in this police operation: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has today considered that Spain has violated the third article of the European Convention and that it has not properly investigated the torture reported by González.
The Spanish State must compensate González with 20,000 euros for "moral damages" within three months.
In this news we have gathered other information on cases of torture.