Description
Born in: Aragón
Age: 57
Offspring: 5Marital status: Married
Job: Second Head of the Military Government of Guipúzcoa and Colonel of the Army
Date of the attack: 02/01/1991
Place of the attack: Donostia
Guilties: Francisco Javier Balerdi Ibarguren, Juan Ignacio Ormaechea Antepara
Weapon: Automatic Riffle
Killed by: ETA
Description
Colonel Luis García Lozano was returning home from his work at the headquarters of the Military Government in his official car. His driver, Jacinto Romatez, was at the wheel. When the vehicle stopped at a red light at the intersection of Calle Echaide and Paseo de los Fueros in San Sebastián, two hooded ETA members opened fire on the car, riddling it with bullets. The colonel was killed instantly. His body was found to have sixteen entry wounds and seven exit wounds. The driver was not physically injured, but suffered a nervous breakdown and was attended by the DYA ambulance service.
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