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Civil Guard arrests Iñaki Abad, Jon Ander Cob, Aratz Urrizola and Julen Goikoetxea
  • During the police operation, which began at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, the Civil Guard arrested Jon Ander Cob, Aratz Urrizola, Iñaki Abad and Julen Goikoetxea, who were convicted by the Spanish National Court last Friday.
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Guardia Zibilak operazioa egin du Altsasun. (Argazkia: Guaixe)

Adur Ramírez de Alda, Jokin Unamuno and Selva Arnanz were already in prison.

Ainara Urkijo, who has been sentenced to two years in prison, has not been arrested.

They are in Madrid, Soy reported.

Altsasu recounts the moment when Iñaki Abad was arrested.

Here is the video Guaix has released.

Amaia Amilibia is the mother of Jon Ander Cob, one of the young people arrested. He denounced the large presence of the Civil Guard since Monday afternoon and explained how the arrest took place on Tuesday morning.

 

A total of 79 years in prison for confrontation with two civil guards

On October 15, 2016, at 5:00 a.m. in the morning of the local fair, as a result of a confrontation between two civil guards dressed in streets in a local bar, their partners and a group of Altsasuans, one of the agents ended up with a wounded faucet on one side and seven young people imprisoned on the other side. Each was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison.

The case caused great outrage and, moved by the relatives and friends of the detainees, they have carried out a constant campaign to demand justice. 20,000 people were recruited shortly after the arrests. After a year and a half, on April 14, more than 50,000 people collapsed in central Pamplona under the slogan “it is not terrorism, justice”.

The eight young people have been charged by the Spanish National Court with the crimes of “damage, public disorder and threats” and “abuse of authority”.

The case has garnered a lot of media coverage, and among others the Guardian, Al Jazeera and the New York Times have written about it.