The Shadow of Pakito: ETA’s Deadliest Leader and the Zaragoza Massacre
In the dead of night on December 11, 1987, a car bomb tore through a Guardia Civil barracks in Zaragoza, Spain, killing eleven people—including five children. The order came from Francisco Mujika Garmendia, better known as Pakito, one of ETA’s most powerful leaders during its bloodiest years.
Host Alexander Lawson traces Pakito’s rise through the Basque terrorist organization, the high-casualty attacks carried out under his leadership (including the Hipercor bombing), the dramatic 1992 capture in Bidart, and the long legal reckoning that followed. A story of calculated terror, insulated…
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