Penitentiary institutions in Spain have decided to repatriate and bring two Basque political prisoners closer: Joseba Arrangi Erostarbe and GARIKOITZ García Arrieta will be transferred to Martutene and Zaballa, respectively; Alicia Sáez de la Cuesta and Ugaitz Pérez Zorriketa will approach Logroño, while Iñaki Armendariz Izagirre will approach Burgos.
Joseba Arrangi has been serving 30 years in Asturias since 2000. Ugaitz Pérez and Alicia Saéz de la Cuesta Castelló are in Madrid’s Madrid prison. Iñaki Armendariz will be transferred to Herrera prison, and to GARIKOITZ García Picaseent, where he will be placed in pre-trial detention. All of them have long sentences, between 20 and 30 years old.