Josu Urrutikoetxea

In this Basque name, the first surname is Urrutikoetxea and the second is Bengoetxea.
Josu Urrutikoetxea
Urrutikoetxea in 2020
NicknameJosu Ternera
Born
Ugao-Miraballes, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain
AllegianceEuskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)
RankLeader of the political wing
ConflictsBasque conflict

José Antonio Urrutikoetxea Bengoetxea, also known as Josu Urrutikoetxea, Josu Urrutikoetxea Bengoetxea, and by the nickname Josu Ternera, is a former member of the Basque separatist organization ETA. In separate trials over a number of years, he was convicted for his involvement in the 1986 Plaza República Dominicana bombing and the 1987 Zaragoza barracks bombing, which together killed 23 people.

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