Description
Born in: Andalucía
Age: 30
Offspring: 0Marital status: Married
Job: Municipal Police in Durango
Date of the attack: 28/04/1979
Place of the attack: Durango
Guilties: Juan Antonio Olagorta Arana, Juan Carlos Gorrindo Echeandia, José Antonio Echevarri Ayesta, Juan Miguel Iturriaga Omar
Weapon: Automatic Riffle
Description
In early April 1979, ETA ordered the members of one of its units to prepare the assassination of municipal policeman Pedro Ruiz Rodríguez. The attack was perpetrated at around noon on 28 April, when the victim was directing traffic at Cruce de la Magdalena. Three terrorists fired two bursts of machine gun fire at him from a car. Pedro Ruiz was hit five times and died instantly.