Absolved from placing a bomb in Irun in 1995 because he confessed after being tortured with electrodes

The Spanish National Court has acquitted Iratxe Sorzabal following his trial for the attack that took place in Irun in 1995. The Madrid court's decision...

The judgment states that Sorzabal's self-incrimination in 2001 was "the result of ill-treatment" and is therefore "invalid." He was arrested in 2001 for planting an explosive device in Irun in 1995, and was held incommunicado for five days, severely tortured.

The Criminal Chamber of the Spanish National Court has ordered the acquittal of Iratxe Sorzabal, on the charge of having planted an explosive device in Irun in 1995. In addition, the Spanish justice system has acknowledged in its ruling that the accused was subjected to "inhuman treatment" by the Guardia Civil "during his arrest in March 2001". Sorzabal wrote that he had participated in the Irun action, and the ruling has found that this writing…

The prosecution did accuse the Etarra on the basis of a manuscript in which it recognized the facts, but the court considers the letter also "viciated" and exonerates it.

The National High Court (AN) has acquitted the former head of the terrorist organization ETA Iratxe Sorzabal of...