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was the right-hand man of Juan Jose Etxabe, the leader of ETA's
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explosives from a powder magazine. While not as left-leaning as their counterparts in ETA-VI, ETA-V did intervene in two high-profile labour disputes. They kidnapped Basque industrialist
Lorenzo Zabala in 1972, successfully forcing him to hire back some 200 workers he had laid off. In 1973, they
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Mendizabal took charge of ETA-V. Mendizabal placed emphasis on action above theory, and was committed to armed insurrection in the Basque
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kidnapped wealthy business owner Felipe Huarte, whom they likewise demanded to rehire laid-off workers, and this time received a considerable ransom payment (50 million pesetas). During the leadership of
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in honour of the much-admired ETA martyr. Contrary to popular belief, an operation against Luis
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