The National High Court sentenced Andoni Goikoetxea to seven years in prison
- Andoni Goikoetxea was tried last April 9 at the Spanish National Court for an injury offence. He has been sentenced to seven years ' imprisonment for attempted murder. The Civil Guard arrested him on Wednesday afternoon in Ibarra (Gipuzkoa), as reported by the Ertzaintza.
Goikoetxea was arrested in 2013 on attempted ETA membership charges. He was held in detention in France for several years, until in 2017 he was made available to the National Police for extradition. During the trial, he was released and returned to Gaztelu (Gipuzkoa). The Spanish High Court of Justice has sentenced him to seven years in prison for wrongful murder.
Arrest at 15:30
Andoni Goikoetxea has been seen in a control of the Apatta Industrialdea de Ibarra past 15:30 hours this Wednesday, according to the portal of Tolosaldea. At 15:45 hours the Tolosaldea Portal has been moved and the civil guards have been asked if they have arrested someone. A man who was with them, dressed in paisano, explained that they cannot confirm it, that they have not been able to do anything. In any event, he added that "it will be brought to the attention of the relevant family".
At that time, a single Civil Guard car was next to the one driving Andoni Goikoetxea to go to work. Gaztelu's was going to enter work at 16:00 hours, but it hasn't appeared on the spot. At about 18:15 hours, relatives received a call from Goikoetxea in which they stopped. "He told us to take him to Tres Cantos (Madrid). The National Court has sentenced him to seven years in prison for a crime of murder. That he was left with the sentence at the time of his arrest. He even tells us that the treatment he has received has been good, quiet."
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