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Relatives of Zabascene, "shocked and overwhelmed" by the request of the Parliament of Navarre to investigate the audios of torture

  • The Parliament of Navarre has asked to investigate audios to show that Mikel Zabraise was killed by torture at the Intxaurrondo Civil Guard headquarters in 1985. Zabascension's family members have been "excited and overwhelmed" by this statement, which he has described as "excellent". "Because it is the recognition of the truth that has been claimed in so many years."

04 March 2021 - 14:39
Astelehenean Nafarroako Parlamentuan egindako saioan alderdi guztiak bat etorri ziren Zabalza torturen ondorioz hil zela demostratzen duen audioa ikertzea eskatzeko (arg.: Nafarroako Parlamentua)

Where is Miguel? In the audio, discovered by the authors of the documentary and broadcast last week by the public media, you can hear the captain of the Civil Guard Pedro Gómez Nieto talking to the colonel of CESID Luis Alberto Perote saying "they have gone hand" and "say", a document that shows that Mikel Zabraise died tortured in Intxaurrondo due to systematic torture.

This Monday, all the political forces of the Parliament of Navarre have come together to ask for this audio to be investigated and "the truth about his death is known". In relation to this statement, Zabascene's family members have been "excited and overwhelmed" by this recognition, which he has described as "unheard". They have stressed that for years they have argued that the official version did not coincide with what actually happened.

"By listening to the recording and the information gathered through it, Navarre society and its representatives have already been able to see what they felt about the practice of torture suffered by Mikel, which is so naturally described in the recording interview."

Thus, family members believe that it is now necessary to take "the necessary measures" to clarify the facts and, in order to do so, confidential documents should be declassified and the work of the Prosecutor's Office should be monitored.


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