Ramón Baglietto Martínez (Bilbao, 1936 - Azcoitia, 1980) was a Spanish politician, councillor of UCD in the municipality of Azcoitia (Guipúzcoa), who was killed by the terrorist organization ETA on 12 May 1980.[1]
Biography edit
Born in Bilbao on 6 January 1936, Ramón Baglietto was a member of Unión de Centro Democrático, and rose to the position of deputy mayor. Baglietto also owned a furniture store in Elgóibar. At the time of his murder, he had two children aged 9 and 13, and he also was city councillor of Azcoitia as was his sister, Nieves.
On 12 May 1980 he was leaving Elgóibar in his Seat 127 when a Seat 131, occupied by Kándido Azpiazu Beristain and José Ignacio Zuazolazigorraga Larrañaga, pulled up next to him, and the two shot him with a machine gun and a pistol. Ramon's vehicle crashed and became embedded in a tree, and Azpiazu got out of the Seat 131 and killed Baglietto with a shot in the head. The terrorists fled and abandoned the vehicle, but the two murderers, along with three other individuals, were arrested days later by the security forces.[2]
Kándido Azpiazu was sentenced to 49 years and two months in prison, but in 1990 was granted parole.[3] Azpiazu bought a store and set up a glassware shop in the basement of the Azcoitia building where the widow and the two sons of Baglietto were currently living.[4]
The widow of Baglietto, Pilar Elías, joined the People's party lists for the municipal elections, and was a councillor in the municipality of Azcoitia from 1995 until 2011. Ramon's sister, Nieves Baglietto, left the Basque Country after receiving threats from violent groups.[5]
Bibliography edit
- MERINO, A., CHAPA, A., Raíces de Libertad. pp. 47–57. FPEV (2011). ISBN 978-84-615-0648-4
References edit
- ^ "Ramón Baglietto Martínez". www.fpev.es. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "Detenidos los presuntos asesinos de un simpatizante de UCD". El País (in Spanish). 1980-05-20. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "Telecinco.es - Diario De - Noticias - 'Diario de... Mi vecino, el terrorista que mató a mi marido'". 2008-03-31. Archived from the original on 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "Entrevista | Confesiones de un asesino". El País (in Spanish). 2001-08-14. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "Un grito de paz: biografía de Ramón Baglietto, víctima de ETA". www.revistadelibros.com (in Spanish). January 2000. Retrieved 2019-03-17.