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.
When we talk publicly about torture, we realize how much society embraces the opinion that the “system” itself puts into effect on this issue. It uses a wide range of ministers and advisers, judges and experts, all with the help of the organic media, of course. And it has to... [+]
From time to time life brings memories that you would like to forget. Today I've stayed with Jakan for coffee, because then we have a colloquium on Xabier Mendiguren's book "It's been very hard", and I've realized that I've never asked him anything about that police statement he signed... [+]
The terrible events in March 1999 in the Aiztondo Valley were not isolated attacks, but were part of the Spanish State’s other repressive step against the Basque Country. Under the doctrine “Everything is ETA” (Everything is ETA), we were arrested and tortured violently in... [+]