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Revision as of 08:35, 16 September 2008 by Randroide (talk | contribs) (tweaks)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The "Corona de Aragón" fire killed at least 80 persons in the five star "Corona de Aragón" Hotel in Saragossa in July 12th 1979.
According to the official version -provided then by the Spanish government- the fire was accidentally initiated by an oil fire in the Hotel Coffehouse.
During the fire the Hotel lodged many high rank military men (5 of them died in the fire), Carmen Polo, Carmen Franco y Polo and Cristóbal Martínez Bordiú. Many voiced in 1979 the idea that ETA was the real culprit of the fire.
In the year 2000, relatives of the deceased in the fire started to receive benefits as terrorism victims. According to El Mundo that is an implicit recognition of ETA autorship. The Civil Guard website lists a Civil Guard deceased in the fire as a victim of ETA, and states that many injured died after the fire, but were not taken in the official account of 80 dead.
Napalm traces were found in the rubble, some witnesses claimed to hear two explosions before the fire and a local newspaper (Heraldo de Aragón) received two phone calls claiming autorship in the name of ETA (m) and the FRAP.
The AVT asked for the official recognition of the fire as a terrorist attack.
Sources
El camino de la libertad. La democracia año a año. 1979. Pages 68 and 69. "El Mundo" special. ISBN 9788492540006.
Las víctimas del Corona de Aragón, indemnizadas en breve
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