ETA

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  • Foundation of ETA

    Foundation of ETA
    Foundation of ETA in the Basque Country as an armed separatist organization.

  • First attack

    First attack
    ETA carried out its first attack, against a group of the Guardia Civil.

  • Murder of Melitón Manzanas

    ETA kills Armed Police Commissioner Melitón Manzanas

  • Burgos Process

    Burgos Process
    A trial of ETA members in which they were given severe sentences, which provoked a large international mobilization.

  • Murder of Luis Carrero Blanco

    ETA carries out the attack that kills the president of the Spanish government

  • Death of Francisco Franco

    Death of Francisco Franco
    The Franco dictatorship comes to an end, but ETA continues its armed struggle during the democratic transition

  • Legalization of the Communist Party of Spain

    ETA is undergoing a political change and a process of dialogue with the new government begins.

  • Increase in violence

    ETA intensifies its violent activity, including assassinations of officials, police and soldiers.

  • Attack on Hipercor

    Attack on Hipercor
    ETA kills 21 people and injures more than 40 in a car bomb attack in the Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona

  • ETA and the GAL

    This year the fight between ETA and the Anti-Terrorist Liberation Group (GAL), a paramilitary group linked to the Spanish government, intensified.

  • Murder of Miguel Ángel Blanco

    Murder of Miguel Ángel Blanco
    The kidnapping and murder of this PP councillor provokes a wave of indignation in Spanish society and a widespread repudiation of ETA's violence

  • Beginning of the "peace agreements"

    The Spanish government and ETA try to find a path to peace, but the talks quickly fail.

  • ETA claims responsibility for multiple attacks

    ETA claims responsibility for multiple attacks
    En este año, ETA lleva a cabo varios atentados, uno de los más mortales fue el asesinato de Fernando Buesa, un político vasco

  • Attack at Barajas airport

    Attack at Barajas airport
    ETA carried out an attack on commuter trains, killing 191 people.

  • ETA breaks the ceasefire

    ETA breaks the ceasefire and the attacks resume.

  • ETA declares the definitive cessation of its armed activity

    ETA declares the definitive cessation of its armed activity, although it does not completely renounce violence.

  • The end of violence

    ETA announces the definitive cessation of its armed activity in a public statement.

  • Final disarmament

    ETA dismantles its arsenals and hands over its weapons to international supervision.

  • Dissolution of ETA

    The organization announces its definitive disappearance and its end as an armed group.