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Miguel Angel Blanco

18/07/2012 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Miguel Angel Blanco

How the killing of a young Basque councillor sparked huge anti-ETA protests in Spain.

In July 1997, the armed Basque separatist group, ETA, kidnapped a young local councillor called Miguel Blanco and threatened to kill him within 48 hours.

The ultimatum sparked nationwide protests against ETA on a scale never previously seen in Spain.

Witness speaks to former Spanish Interior Ministry official, Gustavo de Aristegui.

PHOTO: Miguel Angel Blanco's sister, Maria del Mar, in front of a mural of her brother. (Getty Images)

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