The AN is studying this Friday whether it can try the former head of ETA 'Ata' for the murder of Manuel Giménez Abad

The court must ask France to surrender for these events in order to sit the last military chief of the gang on the bench

MADRID, 19 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The National Court (AN) is studying this Friday whether it can try the last military chief of ETA, Mikel Carrera Sarobe, alias 'Ata', for the murder of the former president of the PP in Aragon Manuel Giménez Abad.

It will be from 12:00 noon this Friday when the court will hold a hearing to study an article of prior pronouncement. Legal sources have explained to Europa Press that permission must be requested from France before being able to prosecute 'Ata', who alleges that he was not handed over to Spain to be tried for these events.

It should be remembered that the head of the Central Investigating Court Number 1 prosecuted Carrera Sarobe and Miren Itxaso Zaldua, also an ETA member, for an alleged crime of terrorist murder committed in 2001 against Giménez Abad. That prosecution was communicated to 'Ata', who was serving a sentence in France, by means of a European Investigation Order.

The same sources point out that, in order for him to be tried, a European Arrest and Surrender Order must now be processed to the French country, where the last military chief of ETA was sentenced to life imprisonment.

In their indictment, the family of Giménez Abad, who exercises the private prosecution, asks to impose penalties of 30 years in prison on Carrera Sarobe and Itxaso and the prohibition of approaching the city of Zaragoza to less than 1 kilometer for 5 years. In addition, they request that they have to jointly and severally compensate the widow and each of the four children of the leader in the amount of 250,000 euros to each of them.

Giménez Abad's relatives accuse 'Ata' of shooting Giménez Abad "in the back and at point blank range" "in the presence of his underage son." Itxaso, for his part, "waited in the vicinity of the place" while his partner carried out the deadly attack.

The Dignidad y Justicia (DyJ) association, which exercises popular prosecution, has requested that the same sentence be imposed for both ETA members: 30 years in prison. In addition, they ask that they not be able to approach Zaragoza and the place of residence of the widow and children of Giménez Abad, as well as to communicate or approach them for 10 years.

It should be remembered that 'Ata' already has two life sentences in France for the murder in 2010 of the French gendarme Jean Serge Nerin, who was the last fatality of the gang, and of the civil guards Raúl Centeno and Fernando Trapero in Capbreton in 2007 Specifically, the neighboring country established life imprisonment with the obligation that he spend at least 22 years in prison.

The ETA member was arrested on May 20, 2010 in a flat in Bayonne (France) together with two of his collaborators. He belonged to the tough sector of the ETA leadership and was a faithful ally of 'Txeroki', then in charge of commandos, in the confrontation he had with the late Javier López Peña, 'Thierry', the man who from the leadership of the 'political apparatus ' frustrated the negotiation with the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.