The National Court condemns Soledad Iparraguirre for driving the car bomb that the gang used in the frustrated Mendizorroza attack in 1985
The National Court (AN) has sentenced to 425 years in prison the former head of ETA Soledad Iparraguirre, alias ‘Anboto’, considering it proven that she was in charge of driving the car bomb that the gang used in the frustrated attack against the National Police on May 19, 1985 in the Mendizorroza Stadium, in Victoria.
In a sentence last Friday, collected by Europa Press, the magistrates of the Criminal Chamber condemn ‘Anboto’ as the author of twenty crimes of attempted murder, another of attempted attack against agents of the authority and a crime of havoc due to the placement of the vehicle, which did not explode because it was deactivated by the TEDAX specialists.
This new sentence against the former head of the gang comes after the Supreme Court annulled the acquittal issued by the National Court in the first instance in favor of ‘Anboto’. The high court urged repeat the trial and to dictate another ruling considering that the first court omitted a fingerprint test “with a non-rational argumentation”.
The Supreme Court revoked the acquittal sentence because, in its opinion, the magistrates committed a “serious mistake” by incorrectly omitting fingerprints found on one of the vehicles used by the terrorist command and that corresponded to those of ‘Anboto’ itself.
