José Santana Ramos

Born in: Andalucía

Age: 37

Offspring: 3

Marital status: Married

Job: Agent of the National Police Corps

Date of the attack: 21/08/1994

Place of the attack: Berango

Guilties: Lourdes Churruca Medinabeitia, Jose Luis Martín Carmona, Jorge Martínez Aedo, Aitor Bores Gutiérrez

Weapon: Gun

Killed by: ETA

Description

José Santana Ramos was playing a game of cards at the Batzoki (local headquarters of the Basque Nationalist Party) in his home town of Berango, Vizcaya, when an unmasked man entered the premises carrying a pistol. Without saying a word, he walked straight up to the officer and shot him twice in the head, killing him instantly. The victim fell dead on the ground in a large pool of blood. After committing the attack, the ETA member escaped in a stolen car with the help of an accomplice.

One of the shots ricocheted, hitting José Benedicto Herrero Hernández in the arm. He took 143 days to recover.

It was the first attack perpetrated by ETA on a PNV centre.