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Txabi Etxebarrieta | |
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Born | |
Died | June 7, 1968 | (aged 23)
Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
Occupation(s) | Militant, poet and essayist |
Organization | ETA |
Known for | ETA ideologist, murder of José Antonio Pardines |
Political party | Basque nationalism |
Txabi Etxebarrieta (14 October 1944 – 7 June 1968), also known as Xabier Etxebarrieta Ortiz, was a Basque nationalist and one of the founders of the armed pro-independence organization Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA). He was the perpetrator of the first assassination carried out by this group, and also the first ETA militant killed in a confrontation with the Civil Guard, for which he became an icon within the inner circle of the group and its supporters.