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The killing of Unceta was criticised as an attempt to destabilise the ongoing process of compromise between the
Spanish government and the opposition. In their claim of responsibility, ETA rejected this hypothesis, stating that, in their opinion, democracy had not been established in Spain and the
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and Mayor of
Guernica. He was ambushed as he arrived to play his weekly sports game. His two bodyguards, Antonio Hernández Fernández-Segura and Ángel Rivera Navarrón were also killed in the attack, which was ETA's deadliest of 1977. The attack heralded an upsurge in the use of violence by ETA in
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court. The attack occurred when he arrived at the court: as he was parking his car, three youths exited a nearby car and opened fire on him and his bodyguards with machine guns, shouting "Gora
Euzkadi!" as they did so. He was hit several times in the head and chest and died at the scene of the
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held an anti-government protest, calling for the government to resign, banging on the cars of politicians attending the funeral and surrounding and unsuccessfully attempting to overturn the car of
Eduardo Navarro, the Deputy Interior Minister.
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by Franco in 1966 and later became
President of the delegation. His last official act before his death was in September 1977, when he participated in a memorial service for Juan María de Araluce Villar.
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A memorial plaque to Unceta was subsequently placed in the Bilbao Palace, however an attempt to place a plaque commemorating both Unceta and
Araluce was voted out in 2010. In August 2008, a street in
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Also on 7 October, the government had agreed a draft bill granting amnesty to political prisoners of the Franco government. The law was passed by parliament on 14 October 1977.
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The attack marked the beginning of a deadlier phase in ETA's operations and the following three years would see an increase in attacks and killings carried out by the group.
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Three ETA members carrying pistols and submachine guns killed Unceta, the
Government appointed President of the Provincial Deputation of
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shell casings from both the attackers' and the victim's cars. In
December 1978, police arrested José Antonio Torre Altonaga (alias
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weekly publication and on 7 October, the day before the attack, they shot dead a taxi driver who they accused of having ETA links.
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In 1989, ETA member Martín
Apaolaza was tried and acquitted of participation in the attack due to lack of evidence.
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but refused to do so. He had also received ETA death threats and, as a result, had been granted a bodyguard of two
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Unceta had been born in
Guernica on 5 December 1923. He had interests in local businesses and served as manager of
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Following the attack, police cordoned off the area and increased police patrols on the Spanish-French border near
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The assassination was condemned by all the main political parties on the left and right in Spain and the Spanish
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Unceta's funeral was attended by an estimated 5,000 people, including politicians from the governing
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attack. His bodyguards, who had been travelling in a car 20 metres behind him, were also killed.
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and the Basque Christian Democracy party. At the funeral, right wing activists belonging to
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542:"Los presidentes franquistas de la Diputación vizcaína que mató ETA no tendrán placa"
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562:"Augusto Unceta y sus dos escoltas;Carlos Sanz, Alberto Toca y Juan José Pulido"
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1035:"El 'etarra' Apaolaza, absuelto del atentado contra Lemóniz y de un asesinato"
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Unceta was fond of 'fronton', a Basque sport, which he played weekly at the
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and queen cancelled their attendance at a concert as a mark of respect.
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963:"Socuéllamos tendrá una calle Ángel Rivera, asesinado por ETA en 1977"
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346:, the Government appointed President of the Provincial Deputation of
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502:), who named two ETA commanders, José Manuel Pagoaga Gallastegui (
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365:(AAA), a far-right paramilitary group, had bombed the offices of
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920:"Provocaciones de la extrema derecha en el funeral de Guernica"
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He had received letters from ETA, demanding that he pay their
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and on the mountainous highways in the Basque Country and
1015:"El padre de Aya Zulaica desmiente una nota oficial"
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The attack, which was claimed later the same day by
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1121:1977 in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
830:"ETA se atribuye el triple asesinato de Guernica"
687:. University of Nevada Press. pp. 299–300.
983:"Detenido un presunto dirigente de ETA-mílitar"
991:. 24 December 1978. p. 6. Archived from
344:assassination of Juan María de Araluce Villar
314:was an attack by the Basque separatist group
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8:
718:"Unceta-Barrenechea fue alcalde de Guernica"
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312:assassination of Augusto Unceta Barrenechea
169:Assassination of Augusto Unceta Barrenechea
24:Assassination of Augusto Unceta Barrenechea
604:"Basques in pledge to end violent actions"
437:country remained a military dictatorship.
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1116:Terrorist incidents in Spain in the 1970s
684:The Basques, the Franco Years and Beyond
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1111:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 1977
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506:), and Francisco Javier Aya Zulaica (
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224:Plaza República Dominicana bombing
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940:"Tension in Spanish armed forces"
634:The Triumph of Democracy in Spain
363:Anti-communist Apostolic Alliance
805:"Official gunned down in Spain"
475:Subsequent police investigation
1091:ETA (separatist group) actions
838:. 11 October 1977. p. 17.
785:"Triple asesinato en Guernica"
659:"Reivindicado por la Triple A"
449:Union of the Democratic Centre
284:Madrid-Barajas Airport bombing
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16:1977 murder in Guernica, Spain
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1106:October 1977 events in Europe
1066:1977 mass shootings in Europe
905:. 9 October 1977. p. 10.
811:. 10 October 1977. p. 3.
667:. 9 October 1977. p. 11.
885:. 9 October 1977. p. 5.
850:"Victimas de ETA en El Pais"
809:The Herald (Jasper, Indiana)
793:. 9 October 1977. p. 9.
371:left wing Basque nationalist
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1081:Deaths by firearm in Spain
748:. Txalaparta. p. 45.
214:Killing of Lasa and Zabala
61:Augusto Unceta Barrenechea
1086:Deaths by person in Spain
988:El Periódico de Catalunya
637:. Routledge. p. 95.
342:The attack resembled the
179:July 1979 Madrid bombings
159:Cafetería Rolando bombing
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453:Basque Nationalist Party
1101:Mass shootings in Spain
1076:Assassinations in Spain
1061:1977 disasters in Spain
681:Clark, Robert (1979).
631:Preston, Paul (2003).
356:ETA political-military
1071:1977 murders in Spain
742:Bruni, Luigi (1994).
386:Astra-Unceta y Cia SA
98: of participants
264:1993 Madrid bombings
1023:. 29 December 1978.
877:"Otro vil atentado"
398:"revolutionary tax"
326:in northern Spain.
279:2001 Madrid bombing
274:2000 Madrid bombing
259:1992 Madrid bombing
239:Netherlands attacks
951:. 10 October 1977.
928:. 11 October 1977.
550:. 26 October 2010.
361:On 5 October, the
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299:Palma Nova bombing
184:Alonsotegi bombing
71:Machine gun attack
897:"Unanime Condena"
726:. 9 October 1977.
615:. 2 October 1977.
592:. 9 October 1977.
564:. 8 October 2011.
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461:People's Alliance
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67:Attack type
1055:Categories
525:References
492:parabellum
408:The attack
338:Background
948:The Times
612:The Times
589:The Times
517:Aftermath
457:New Force
432:Reactions
1096:Guernica
547:El Mundo
496:marietta
459:and the
414:Jai alai
348:Gipuzkoa
320:Guernica
41:Guernica
37:Location
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