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Description
Born in: Andalucía
Age: 22
Offspring: 0Marital status: Single
Job: Civil Guard agent at the Guernica barracks
Date of the attack: 09/09/1987
Guilties: Jesús María Ciganda Sarratea, Juan Carlos Balerdi Iturralde, Fermín Urdiain Ciriza, Iñaki Zugadi García y Miren Iosune Onaindia Susaeta
Weapon: Car bomb
Killed by: ETA
Description
Civil Guard Manuel Ávila García and Corporal Federico Carro Jiménez were on undercover patrol duty in an unmarked official vehicle. At a few minutes before half past ten in the evening, they went to inspect a suspicious red Ford Fiesta car. As they were about to examine the vehicle, a bomb in the interior was detonated remotely by Juan Carlos Balerdi, a member of the Éibar group of ETA. Civil guard Manuel Ávila was killed instantly and Corporal Federico Carro died shortly afterwards, while he was being transferred to Basurto hospital.
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