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Spain: The GAL case

01 July 1995

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The legal proceedings that are investigating responsibility for the creation of the Antiterrorist Liberation Group (GAL), who were responsible for 22 murders, have seen spectacular developments recently. Since the end of last year former police agents Amedo and Dominguez, who were jailed for 6 years for their involvement in the GAL, have begun to disclose their contacts and connections. Orders for imprisonment have extended to the former Secretary of State, Raphael Vera, who was freed on bail in July after the PSOE had paid 200 million pesetas. Following on from this jailed senior policemen have presented themselves to Judge Garzon offering to disclose the working structure of the GAL. Among them is the Bilbao Chief of Police, Miguel Plancheulo, the former chief of the Single Command of the Counter-Terrorist unit, Francisco Alvarez, and the former civil governor of Bizkaia and ex-director of the Security of State, Julian Sancristobal. Their statements directly implicate Vera as well as a number of other ex-ministers, particularly former Minister of Interior Barrionuevo, in establishing, leading and coordinating the GAL. The consequences, not only for the PSOE government but also for Felipe Gonzalez, appear to be far-reaching.

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