1:08 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Ecuador|Immigration|Spain
3 Jan 2007
Spain was rocked Saturday by a bombing at Terminal 4 of Madrid’s international airport, Barajas, in what looks to be the end of a truce between ETA and the Spanish government. Two of the victims in the attack were Ecuadorean immigrants, and now Spain is promising to grant the family members of the missing Spanish citizenship:
López Aguilar [Labor and Justice Minister] reminded the victims’ families that “the first time that terrorism hit foreign residents in Spain was with the March 11th attacks,” and that in this as well as that event the government “will do everything to make sure the family members receive Spanish citizenship.”“The two missing men are being searched for with insistence and in an effort that will not stop,” he said.
The Minister also assured the families of the two men, Carlos Alonso Palate and Diego Estacio, that the perpetrators of the crime will be brought to justice.
While rescuers are still looking for the men, hope of finding them alive is quickly fading. However, Diego Estacio’s girlfriend, also an Ecuadorean citizen, survived the attack and was able to recount how the event unfolded.
Update: AP reports that Palate’s body has been found.
Via / 20 Minutos
VivirLatino is a daily publication published by Mamita Mala Media, dedicated to featuring all the latest politics, culture, entertainment of interest to the diverse Latin@ diaspora.
About | Advertise with us | Contact | Twitter
Comments are closed.