The Audiencia Nacional has requested information from Venezuela about 14 former members of ETA
Facade of the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid. Photo: Europa Press
Judge Francisco de Jorge of the Audiencia Nacional has sent a rogatory commission to the Venezuelan judicial authorities to report on 14 ETA members residing in that country in April 2025.
Behind this petition is the association Dignidad y Justicia, whichis participating as apopular accusation in the proceedings against the group of refugees allegedly integrated into the criminal organization ETA, which, according to the association, followed orders from the management structures of ETA and whose members acted at all times within the organizational discipline of the organization.
Now, Judge De Jorge believes that the information requested is important to determine whether these refugees were part of the organization's group of refugees, what liaison tasks they performed and what their level of responsibility was.
Change in Venezuela
In the ruling, the magistrate states that the recent political change in Venezuela allows us to believe that there may now be greater cooperation in accessing the data requested by the association Dignidad y Justicia .
The judge requests Venezuela to provide information on their association with the group of ETA refugees or their body, their liaison work and their degree of responsibility within that group.
The persons mentioned are Iñaki de Juana Chaos, Jose Luis Eciolaza Galan ("Dienteputo"), Eugenio Barrutiabengoa Zabarte ("Arbe") and his partner María Artola Etxeberria, Angel Maria Lizarbe Oses, Luis Maria Olalde Quintela ("Txistu"), Josa Angel Uriz Zabaleta, Arturo Cubillas Fontán, Javier Urruti Imaz (recently deceased), Asuncion Olalde Quintela ("Txistu"), Josa Angel Angel Uriz Uriz
It has also sent a new rogatory commission to the United States judicial authorities totransmit the documents or information contained in the court case against the former director of Venezuelan Military Intelligence Hugo Armando Carvajal , which may contain data on ETA members living in Venezuela fleeing Spanish justice and their association with the organization's group of refugees.
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