The event took place next to the stairs that connect Iza Street with Paseo de los Pinos. Oleaga’s widow, Amaia Guridi, and one of his children, Jon Oleaga, along with friends and family, are supported by political representatives, victims and citizens.
Last Saturday, the San Sebastian City Council installed a plaque in memory of Santiago Oleaga, the financial director of El Diario Vasco who was assassinated by ETA in 2001.
The event took place at 12:00 next to the stairs that connect Iza Street with Paseo de los Pinos, next to the Matia Hospital and near the place where he was killed. The tribute consisted of a floral offering and a minute of silence that ended with applause from those present.
Oleaga’s widow, Amaia Guridi, and one of his children, Jon Oleaga, were present, together with friends and family, who were supported by representatives of all municipal groups, with the mayor of the city, Eneko Goia, on the side; the government delegate in the Basque Country, Marisol Garmendia; the director of the Diario Vasco when Oleaga was murdered, José Gabriel Múgica; the Regional Deputy for Sustainability, José Ignacio Asensio; including the PSE delegate for Gipuzkoa Rafaela Romero and the victims of terrorism Gorka Landaburu and Maixabel Lasa.
“This plaque symbolizes that the city does not forget a person who was wrongly taken away. As I told the family, the descendants will have a place where, in addition to remembering Santi, they will also be able to see that Donostia misses him, Mayor Eneko Goia of San Sebastian has stated this. Santiago Oleaga Elejabarrieta, 54 years old and from Durango, was financial director of El Diario Vasco – a newspaper where he worked since 1979 – and father of two children. Shortly after 8:30 p.m. on the morning of May 24, 2001, Oleaga was shot in the back at point-blank range as he got out of his car in the parking lot of the Matia Medical Center.
Source: EITB
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