Luis Mar\u00eda Olalde Quintela, a former member of the Basque separatist group ETA, was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in Caracas following the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026. The twin quakes have tragically claimed over 4,500 lives, including Olalde\u2019s wife, Alazne Solabarrieta, who did not survive the disaster. <\/p>\n
Olalde\u2019s rescue brought renewed attention to his presence in Venezuela, prompting Spanish authorities to reactivate two judicial cases against him. He is accused of involvement in the 1979 attack that killed three Spanish civil guards, linked to his role in ETA\u2019s \u2018Urola\u2019 command, according to reports from La Voz de Galicia. <\/p>\n
Known by the alias \u201cTxistu,\u201d Olalde has lived in Venezuela for decades. Spain previously attempted to extradite him in the early 2000s, but without success. He remains on the Spanish government\u2019s list of fugitives wanted by the Intelligence Center against Terrorism and Organized Crime, which, as of late 2025, included over twenty individuals across countries such as Brazil, Cabo Verde, Cuba, France, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela, per El Pa\u00eds. <\/p>\n
Interestingly, during the 1980s, several ETA members found refuge in Venezuela under agreements between then Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonz\u00e1lez and Venezuelan President Carlos Andr\u00e9s P\u00e9rez. <\/p>\n
Victims\u2019 rights group Dignidad y Justicia has called this recent development \u201can exceptional opportunity\u201d for Olalde to finally face justice in Spain for the alleged terrorist acts. <\/p>\n
This case highlights the complex intersections of international justice, migration, and historical political conflicts\u2014issues that resonate deeply with many migrants and expatriates navigating identity and accountability across borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Luis Mar\u00eda Olalde Quintela, a former member of the Basque separatist group ETA, was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in Caracas following the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026. The twin quakes have tragically claimed over 4,500 lives, including Olalde\u2019s wife, Alazne Solabarrieta, who did not survive the disaster. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internacional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3575,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3574\/revisions\/3575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}