Ignacio Uría Mendizábal
Ignacio Uría Mendizábal | |
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Born | (1938-01-04)January 4, 1938 Spain |
Died | December 3, 2008(2008-12-03) (aged 70) Basque Country, Spain |
Cause of death | Ballistic trauma |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Victim of assassination |
Ignacio Uría Mendizábal (4 January 1938 – 3 December 2008) was a Spanish Basque businessman[1] and head of construction company, Altuna y Uría.[2]
Death
Uría was shot dead on 3 December 2008 outside a restaurant.[3] The attack was blamed on ETA. He had received threats from ETA. Uría had been working on a high-speed train route between the Basque Country and Madrid. ETA threatened several companies and their workers involved in the train project as it viewed such construction as an imposition on the Basque Country by the Spanish and French governments.