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Description

Born in: Euskadi
Age: 41
Offspring: 2
Marital status: Married
Job: Hotel entrepreneur
Date of the attack: 22/12/1988
Place of the attack: Zarautz
Guilties: Juan Carlos Balerdi Iturralde, Fermín Urdiain Ciriza, Jesús María Ciganda Sarretea
Weapon: Gun
Killed by: ETA

Description

At around 8 pm, ETA member Juan Carlos Balerdi entered the Antxi pub, owned by Engraciano González Macho, and asked for a drink. He then shot Engraciano twice in the head, killing him instantly. A second terrorist was covering him from outside and a third was waiting for them in a getaway car.

In a statement justifying the attack, ETA linked the victim to drug trafficking. However, Engraciano’s widow, Ester Bidasoro, denied that her husband was in any way involved with such activities.

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