Francisco Javier López Peña

Francisco Javier López Peña

Francisco Javier López Peña (called Thierry ; born May 30, 1958 in Galdakao , Bizkaia , Basque Country ; † March 30, 2013 in Paris ) was the spokesman for the military and political wing of the Basque-Spanish terrorist organization ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna). Peña was arrested by French police officers on May 21, 2008, along with other ETA executives, in the train station district of Bordeaux .

In 1983 López Peña went underground and is said to have stayed temporarily in Cuba. López Peña is blamed for many of the ETA attacks. In 2006 he took part in the peace negotiations with the Spanish government, which he is said to have broken off. Shortly after the demolition, the ETA carried out an attack on Terminal 4 at Madrid International Airport , in which two people were killed.

López Peña, who is considered a logistics expert, was the successor of José Antonio Urrutikoetxea alias Josu Ternera ('Joseph the Calf'), who had agreed an indefinite peace with the Basque socialist Jesús Eguiguren under pressure from the approximately 800 prisoners imprisoned by ETA . Urrutikoetxea then lost its influence, and Peña took his position in the negotiations. After the airport explosion and the breach of the armistice, the prominent investigating magistrate Baltasar Garzón issued an arrest warrant for López Peña. Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina alias Txeroki, born in 1974, and his deputy Aitzol Iriondo alias Gurbitz are named as the successor to López Peña as head of the military arm of ETA . On March 30, 2013, López Peña died of a stroke.

supporting documents

1. ↑ ^{a b c} www.tagesschau.de , Annekarin Lammers, May 21, 2008: Eta terror chief arrested
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Spiegel online edition, Helene Zuber, May 21, 2008: Thierry in the terrorist hunter network
3. ↑ : Europapress, March 30, 2013: Fallce el etarra "Thierry" debido a un derrame cerebral