Txabi Etxebarrieta

Txabi Etxebarrieta (14 October 1944 – 7 June 1968), also known as Xabier Etxebarrieta Ortiz, was a Basque nationalist and anti-fascist who was a popular leader of the armed separatist organisation Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA). Despite being a poet and an essayist, he never published his work.[1]

Txabi Etxebarrieta
Born(1944-10-14)October 14, 1944
Bilbao, Spain
DiedJune 7, 1968(1968-06-07) (aged 23)
Tolosa, Guipúzcoa
Cause of deathDeath by gunshot
OccupationTerrorist, poet and essayist
OrganizationETA
Known forMurder of José Antonio Pardines
Political partyBasque nationalism
MovementAntifascism

Born in Bilbao in 1944,[2] Etxebarrieta was a major ETA leader in the 1960s,[3] and was known for being the first assassin of the Basque organization after he killed José Antonio Pardines, a Guardia Civil.[4] Etxebarrieta was also the first member of ETA killed in action.[5] He was killed after a confrontation with the Guardia Civil in Tolosa.[6]

On 2 June 2018 he was commemorated in Tolosa by 300 people.[7][8]

He was the uncle of Natxo Etxebarrieta, singer of the punk rock band named Cicatriz;[9] and Aitziber Ibaibarriaga Etxebarrieta, a Bildu politician.[10]

References
  1. Lorenzo Espinosa, José María (1996). Poesía y otros escritos, 1961-1967. Txalaparta. p. 183. ISBN 9788481360400.
  2. Segovia, Mikel (30 April 2018). "Reivindican la memoria del primer asesino de ETA". El Independiente (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. Egaña, Iñaki (7 June 2018). "Txabi Etxebarrieta". Gara (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. Grech, Maria José (7 June 2011). "José Pardines, primera víctima deliberada de ETA, y tres asesinatos más de la banda". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  5. Bruni, Luigi (1993). ETA: historia política de una lucha armada. 1. Txalaparta. p. 327. ISBN 9788486597030.
  6. Pagola, Javier (8 June 2018). "Cuarenta años y un día de ETA". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  7. Ormazabal, Mikel (2 June 2018). "La izquierda 'abertzale' homenajea a Txabi Etxebarrieta, autor del primer asesinato de ETA". El País (in Spanish). Tolosa. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  8. EFE (2 June 2018). "Unas 300 personas homenajean en Tolosa a Txabi Etxebarrieta, autor del primer asesinato de ETA". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  9. Porrah Blanko, Huan (2006). Negación punk en Euskal Herria. Txalaparta. p. 128. ISBN 9788481364682.
  10. "La número dos de Bildu por Bilbao es sobrina de Txabi Etxebarrieta, que cometió el primer asesinato de ETA". Europa Press (in Spanish). Madrid. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2018.


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