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Spain's most notorious ETA killer to walk free

2005-01-07

A notorious ETA killer who was condemned to 3,000 years in jail will be released next month after serving 18 years behind bars. Ignacio de Juana Chaos, a former member of ETA's 'Madrid commando' who was convicted of killing 12 police officers, is to be freed, according to judicial sources. The Guardia Civil officers were killed in a single bomb attack in 1986 in Madrid.

Last I heard, they were still dead.

De Juana Chaos was jailed in 1989 for his part in up to 20 attacks. His sentence was reduced by 20 days for each year after supposedly enrolling in a training course. But in reality, he did not enrol in the course, sources claimed. De Juana Choas was convicted of taking part in 11 bomb attacks which killed 20 people. In 1998, after the murder of a council official in Seville by ETA, he wrote from jail: "I love to see the twisted faces of the relatives at the funerals. Here in prison, their tears are our smiles." The car bomb attack in 1986 killed 12 police officers in the plaza de la Republica Dominicana de Madrid. In 1989, De Juana Chaos was jailed for up to 3,000 years — the highest sentence ever imposed in Spain.

Sigh

Posted by:Steve

#10 Problem was that the post-Franco Spanish Constitution was adopted at a time of intense political correctness. It marks that the only goal of the penal system is to reinsert the criminal . Not a word about deterrence. Not a word about caring for the sufferings of the victims and their relatives who see the criminal walk free while their grief will haunt them for life. And not a word about preventing further crimes by reincident criminals (ie don't release "multi-shot" criminals ).

So the constitution tells nobody can be kept for more than thirty years. No matter if you are a multi-reincident child-raper and killer a la Marc Dutroux. And some a..le has added a provision that the simple fact of enrolling a professional course (even if you don't take a single class let alone succeed at the exam) is enough for getting a reduced sentence (why they didn't deduct iut from its 3000 years?) because /sarcasm_on like we all know it is poorness who causes crime and terrorism /sarcasm_off.

A few years ago, ETA placed a bomb in the houses of Guardia Civil. One of the victims was a six month girl. None of the perpetrators was taken alive. Pity they didn't do the same thing with this scumbag.

Posted by: JFM 2005-01-07 1:55:55 PM

#9 Sounds to me like those guys are trying to make appeasement a way of life.

We let out a whole heap of N Irish nationalist and loyalist murderers to keep things sweet a few years ago, so Britain is guilty of a similar case of contempt for their victims. Our terrorists don't try to shoot people or blow them up as often as they used to, though. They're more interested in robbing banks. Ah, the romance of thuggery.

Posted by: Bulldog 2005-01-07 12:49:43 PM

#8 he'll get bumped off within 1 year .. or die mysteriously

Posted by: MacNails 2005-01-07 12:13:41 PM

#7 Sounds to me like those guys are trying to make appeasement a way of life. Unfortunately, that way to peace is paved with dead bodies, and the terrorists are driving the steamroller.

Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-07 12:13:26 PM

#6 Apparently, Spain's democrats love dead Spaniards as well.

Posted by: Rightwing 2005-01-07 12:13:17 PM

#5 am I wrong to hope his next victims will be those who made his release possible?

Posted by: 2b 2005-01-07 12:12:19 PM

#4 No way one could suspect the ETA of anything so crass has a train bombing.

Posted by: Shipman 2005-01-07 11:27:11 AM

#3 VAMark - you forgot the 20 day credits...

Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-07 11:20:32 AM

#2 Zappie Socialista Math.

Posted by: .com 2005-01-07 11:07:16 AM

#1 18=3,000 - new math?

Posted by: VAMark 2005-01-07 11:05:12 AM

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