A bus will cross Navarre and Gipuzkoa in memory of Mikel Zabalza
Presentation of the initiative. Photo: NETWORK OF TORTURED PERSONS
A bus will cross several townsof Navarre and Gipuzkoa to pay tribute to the young Navarro Mikel Zabalza,who appeared dead in the Bidasoa River in 1 985 and whose body was found two weeks after his arrest by the Civil Guard, and whose initiative will coincide with the 40th anniversary of his death.
Under the slogan "Mikel Zabalza 40 urte gogoan", the proposal has been promoted by the Itza, Aezkoa and Bortziriak groups,DBus workers, the Tortured Network and the Egiari Zor Foundation. The initiative is based on one of the popular actions carried out during the 20 daysthat Zabalza was missing after his arrest.
40 years later, memory will return to the road and pass through Orbaizeta , the birthplace of Zabalza, as well as through Pamplona, Bortziriak, Altza and San Sebastián , from 26 November to 14December.
Inside the bus there will be an exhibition about Zabalza with parallel activities and a central event in San Sebastianas a farewell.
"With this thread we will remember Mikel again today and confirm the extension of that memory to future generations," said Ainhoa Bueno of Aezkoa and Metxe González of the Tortured Network.
Well, he has highlighted the work done for decades to keep Zabalza's memory alive and has shown his solidarity with "the thousands of people tortured by police forces in the Basque Country to ensure that it will not happen to anyone else."
The organizers have called for truth and justice and recalled that he was arrested in an anti-terrorist operation for his alleged links with ETA, which has been denied by institutions, relatives and associations.
Both Bueno and Gonzalez have highlighted the progress made by the Navarre and Basque governments in recognizing Zabalza as a victim, but have stressed that "more is needed. "" The response at the institutional level is positive and, in this regard, we see that there is work that can be done together, "said Bueno.
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