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They Recognize as a Victim of 'Political Persecution' Josu Zabala, Killed in 1976 by a Shot by the Civil Guard

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The Government has issued a statement in the framework of Law 20/2022 on Democratic Memory of Personal Reparation in which it recognizes that Josu Zabala Erasun, a neighbor of Irun (Guipúzcoa) killed by a shot by the Civil Guard in Hondarribia on 8 September 1976, "had suffered persecution for political and ideological reasons".
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The Government has issued a statement in the framework of Law 20/2022 on Democratic Memory of Personal Reparation in which it recognizes that Josu Zabala Erasun, a neighbor of Irun (Guipúzcoa) killed by a shot by the Civil Guard in Hondarribia on 8 September 1976, "had suffered persecution for political and ideological reasons".

The Spanish Government has issued an official declaration of recognition and personal reparation for Josu Zabala Erasun, a neighbour of Irun who died on 8 September 1976 after being shot by the Civil Guard in Hondarribia. The resolution, adopted under the Democratic Memory Act, recognizes that he suffered persecution for political and ideological reasons and grants him the right to moral reparation and the recovery of his personal, family and co…

The Spanish Government has stated that Josu Zabala Erasuni was persecuted for "political and ideological reasons", recognising his right to "recognise his personal, family and collective memory and to obtain and recover moral reparation". 50 years ago, on 8 September 1976, he was shot dead by the Guardia Civil during a demonstration in Hondarribia to denounce the disappearance of ETApm member Eduardo Moreno Bergaretxe Pertur.

1976ko irailaren 8an, Eduardo Moreno Bergaretxe Pertur ETApm-ko kidearen desagerpena salatzeko mobilizazio bat egin zuten Hondarribian (Gipuzkoa). Bertan zen Josu Zabala Erasun ere, baina ez zen etxera itzuli, guard zibil batek tiraz hil baitzuen. 50 úte geroago, Espainiako Gobernuak aitortza egin di Zabalari, aitortuz arrazoi politikoengatik hil zutela. Halere, urrats gehiago egin nai dituzte, eta auzitegietan da gaia, borondatezko jurisdikzioa…

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berria.eus broke the news on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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