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Spain: CESID - "Urigoitia' case

01 September 1995

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A recently published CESID (Security Service) document, dating from 1987, states that members of the Civil Guard fabricated false evidence to avoid an investigation into the death of ETA member Lucia Urigoitia. Urugoitia was shot in the back of the head in controversial circumstances, leading to a public outcry. According to the document members of the Civil Guard broke into the judge's private residence and substituted the bullet used to kill Urigoitia for another one. They then substituted the barrel of the gun and tampered with a bulletproof vest in the ballistic laboratory. Following the planting of the false material the judge stopped the case. Kontrola Kontrolpean, Donostia, Euskadi (Spain)

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