Jon Idigoras
Age: 69
Summary: Basque
militant considered as one of the Basque region's most prominent and
hard-line pro-independence militants who was a historic leader of Herri
Batasuna, a party considered as the political wing of the armed
separatist group, who was convicted of terrorism and sentenced to a
seven-year prison term in 1997 but who was indicted again in January
2005 on charges of belonging to ETA, a group claiming responsibility
for 800 killings that has been fighting since the late 1960's for an
independent homeland in the Basque region.
Cause of Death: Lung disease
Born: May 3, 1936
Died: June 3, 2005
Location: Bilbao, Spain
