Iñaki de Juana Chaos
Iñaki de Juana Chaos | |
|---|---|
| Born | José Ignacio de Juana Chaos 1955 (age 69–70) |
| Organization | ETA |
| Movement | Basque separatist |
| Criminal status | Released |
| Parent(s) | Daniel de Juana Rubio and Esperanza Chaos Lloret |
| Relatives | Altamira |
| Criminal charge | Killing 25 people |
| Penalty | 3000 years imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Killed | 25 |
| Imprisoned at | 1987 |
José Ignacio de Juana Chaos (born 1955 in Gipuzkoa, Spain), better known as Iñaki de Juana Chaos, is a member of the Basque separatist group ETA. He was convicted of killing 25 people in 1987 and was originally sentenced to 3,000 years in prison. As a result of complicated sentencing guidelines, he became eligible for release in late 2004 after only serving 17 years. However, the Spanish Government prevented his release by accusing him of making terrorist threats in two articles written from prison. In August 2006, he started a hunger strike protesting his continued imprisonment but it ended after sixty-three days. Another hunger strike occurred from November 2006 until March 2007, it ended after he was moved from a hospital in Madrid to one in his home region of Gipuzkoa. After he left the hospital he was to be placed under house arrest, but on 6 June 2007, after the end of ETA's ceasefire he was sent to Aranjuez prison. On 2 August 2008, de Juana Chaos was released from prison.