The T4 Bombing: ETA’s Final Strike on Barajas Airport
December 30, 2006. A van packed with hundreds of kilos of explosives detonates in the parking garage of Madrid’s brand-new Terminal 4. Two Ecuadorian workers — Diego Armando Estacio and Carlos Alonso Palate — are killed. Dozens more are injured. Spain’s fragile ceasefire with ETA is shattered in an instant.
In this episode, host Alexander Lawson examines the attack carried out by Igor Portu, Mattin Sarasola, and Mikel San Sebastián — three young men from a small Navarre town who formed part of ETA’s Elurra commando. From the careful planning and reconnaissance, to the execution of one of the…
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